9Treatment of detainees generally

9 Treatment of detainees generally Functions under this Act in relation to a detainee must be exercised as follows: (a) to respect and protect the detainee’s human rights; (b) to ensure the detainee’s decent, humane and just treatment; (c) to preclude torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; (d) to ensure the detainee is not subject to further punishment (in addition to deprivation of liberty) only because of the conditions of detention; (e) to ensure the detainee’s conditions in detention comply with section 12 (Correctional centres—minimum living conditions); (f) if the detainee is an offender—to promote, as far as practicable, the detainee’s rehabilitation and reintegration into society.