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Corrections Management Act 2007
80Security classification—basis etc
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80 Security classification—basis etc
(1) The director-general must—
(a) give each detainee a security classification; and
(b) review the classification at least annually or otherwise as
prescribed by regulation.
(2) When deciding a detainee’s security classification, the
director-general must consider the following:
(a) the reason for the detention, including the nature of any offence
for which the detainee is detained;
(b) the risks posed by the detainee if the detainee were to escape;
(c) the risk of the detainee escaping;
(d) the risks posed by the detainee while at a correctional centre;
(e) the risks to the detainee of being accommodated with particular
detainees or in particular areas at a correctional centre;
(f) any matter prescribed by regulation.
(3) The director-general may consider anything else the director-general
considers relevant.
(4) The security measures to which a detainee is subject under a security
classification must be the minimum necessary to ensure secure
detention of the detainee.