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Corrective Services Act 2006
sec.132Interviewing and photographing prisoner etc.
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### sec.132 Interviewing and photographing prisoner etc.
A person must not—
interview a prisoner, or obtain a written or recorded statement from a prisoner, whether the prisoner is inside or outside a corrective services facility; or
Prisoner, as defined in schedule 4 , includes a prisoner released on parole.
photograph or attempt to photograph—
a prisoner inside a corrective services facility; or
a part of a corrective services facility.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if the person is—
for subsection (1) (a) or (b) (i) —the prisoner’s lawyer; or
an employee of a law enforcement agency; or
the ombudsman; or
the inspector of detention services; or
a person who has the chief executive’s written approval to carry out the activity mentioned in the subsection.
In this section—
photograph includes record or create a visual image other than by photography.
s 132 amd 2022 No. 18 s 56
(sec.132-ssec.1) A person must not— interview a prisoner, or obtain a written or recorded statement from a prisoner, whether the prisoner is inside or outside a corrective services facility; or Prisoner, as defined in schedule 4 , includes a prisoner released on parole. photograph or attempt to photograph— a prisoner inside a corrective services facility; or a part of a corrective services facility. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(sec.132-ssec.2) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if the person is— for subsection (1) (a) or (b) (i) —the prisoner’s lawyer; or an employee of a law enforcement agency; or the ombudsman; or the inspector of detention services; or a person who has the chief executive’s written approval to carry out the activity mentioned in the subsection.
(sec.132-ssec.3) In this section— photograph includes record or create a visual image other than by photography.
- (a) interview a prisoner, or obtain a written or recorded statement from a prisoner, whether the prisoner is inside or outside a corrective services facility; or Note— Prisoner, as defined in schedule 4 , includes a prisoner released on parole.
- (b) photograph or attempt to photograph— (i) a prisoner inside a corrective services facility; or (ii) a part of a corrective services facility.
- (i) a prisoner inside a corrective services facility; or
- (ii) a part of a corrective services facility.
- (i) a prisoner inside a corrective services facility; or
- (ii) a part of a corrective services facility.
- (a) for subsection (1) (a) or (b) (i) —the prisoner’s lawyer; or
- (b) an employee of a law enforcement agency; or
- (c) the ombudsman; or
- (d) the inspector of detention services; or
- (e) a person who has the chief executive’s written approval to carry out the activity mentioned in the subsection.