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Corrective Services Act 2006
sec.24Death of prisoner
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### sec.24 Death of prisoner
After a prisoner dies, the chief executive must notify each of the following that the prisoner has died—
if the corrective services facility is a prison—a health practitioner;
the police officer in charge of the police station nearest to the place where the prisoner died;
the person nominated by the prisoner as the prisoner’s contact person;
a religious visitor;
for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander prisoner—
an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander legal service representing Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander persons in the area in which the prisoner died; and
if practicable, an elder, respected person or indigenous spiritual healer who was relevant to the prisoner.
The chief executive must keep records, prescribed under a regulation, of the prisoner’s death.
In this section—
prisoner includes a person who, immediately before the person’s death, was a prisoner, but does not include a prisoner released on parole.
s 24 amd 2023 No. 14 s 52 sch 1
(sec.24-ssec.1) After a prisoner dies, the chief executive must notify each of the following that the prisoner has died— if the corrective services facility is a prison—a health practitioner; the police officer in charge of the police station nearest to the place where the prisoner died; the person nominated by the prisoner as the prisoner’s contact person; a religious visitor; for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander prisoner— an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander legal service representing Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander persons in the area in which the prisoner died; and if practicable, an elder, respected person or indigenous spiritual healer who was relevant to the prisoner.
(sec.24-ssec.2) The chief executive must keep records, prescribed under a regulation, of the prisoner’s death.
(sec.24-ssec.3) In this section— prisoner includes a person who, immediately before the person’s death, was a prisoner, but does not include a prisoner released on parole.
- (a) if the corrective services facility is a prison—a health practitioner;
- (b) the police officer in charge of the police station nearest to the place where the prisoner died;
- (c) the person nominated by the prisoner as the prisoner’s contact person;
- (d) a religious visitor;
- (e) for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander prisoner— (i) an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander legal service representing Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander persons in the area in which the prisoner died; and (ii) if practicable, an elder, respected person or indigenous spiritual healer who was relevant to the prisoner.
- (i) an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander legal service representing Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander persons in the area in which the prisoner died; and
- (ii) if practicable, an elder, respected person or indigenous spiritual healer who was relevant to the prisoner.
- (i) an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander legal service representing Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander persons in the area in which the prisoner died; and
- (ii) if practicable, an elder, respected person or indigenous spiritual healer who was relevant to the prisoner.