sec.48Seizing ordinary mail and things contained in it

### sec.48 Seizing ordinary mail and things contained in it A corrective services officer may seize a prisoner’s ordinary mail, or anything in it, to stop— anything that poses a risk to the security or good order of the corrective services facility entering or leaving the facility; or anything that appears to be intended for the commission of an offence, or a breach of a court order, entering or leaving the facility; or threatening or otherwise inappropriate correspondence leaving the facility; or correspondence by a prisoner, who has been convicted of a sexual offence against a child, to a child with whom the prisoner had no relationship before being imprisoned a prohibited thing entering or leaving the facility; or the prisoner purchasing goods or services without the chief executive’s written approval. Subsection (1) does not apply to a document to which legal professional privilege attaches. (sec.48-ssec.1) A corrective services officer may seize a prisoner’s ordinary mail, or anything in it, to stop— anything that poses a risk to the security or good order of the corrective services facility entering or leaving the facility; or anything that appears to be intended for the commission of an offence, or a breach of a court order, entering or leaving the facility; or threatening or otherwise inappropriate correspondence leaving the facility; or correspondence by a prisoner, who has been convicted of a sexual offence against a child, to a child with whom the prisoner had no relationship before being imprisoned a prohibited thing entering or leaving the facility; or the prisoner purchasing goods or services without the chief executive’s written approval. (sec.48-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a document to which legal professional privilege attaches. - (a) anything that poses a risk to the security or good order of the corrective services facility entering or leaving the facility; or - (b) anything that appears to be intended for the commission of an offence, or a breach of a court order, entering or leaving the facility; or - (c) threatening or otherwise inappropriate correspondence leaving the facility; or Example of inappropriate correspondence— correspondence by a prisoner, who has been convicted of a sexual offence against a child, to a child with whom the prisoner had no relationship before being imprisoned - (d) a prohibited thing entering or leaving the facility; or - (e) the prisoner purchasing goods or services without the chief executive’s written approval.