Corrective Services Regulation 2017
sec.4Separate confinement
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sec.4 Separate confinement
The chief executive must ensure a prisoner undergoing separate confinement— can access reticulated water, a toilet and shower facilities that, as far as practicable, are constructed in a way to prevent the prisoner from associating with other prisoners; and is given the same type of mattress, sheets, blankets and pillow as the prisoner would have were the prisoner not in separate confinement; and is given clothing appropriate for the prevailing conditions; and is given the opportunity to exercise, in the fresh air, for at least 2 daylight hours a day, unless a health practitioner advises that it would not be in the interests of the prisoner’s health to exercise for a stated period or indefinitely. The chief executive must keep a record of the advice received from a health practitioner under subsection (1) (d) . s 4 amd 2023 Act No. 14 s 52 sch 1 (sec.4-ssec.1) The chief executive must ensure a prisoner undergoing separate confinement— can access reticulated water, a toilet and shower facilities that, as far as practicable, are constructed in a way to prevent the prisoner from associating with other prisoners; and is given the same type of mattress, sheets, blankets and pillow as the prisoner would have were the prisoner not in separate confinement; and is given clothing appropriate for the prevailing conditions; and is given the opportunity to exercise, in the fresh air, for at least 2 daylight hours a day, unless a health practitioner advises that it would not be in the interests of the prisoner’s health to exercise for a stated period or indefinitely. (sec.4-ssec.2) The chief executive must keep a record of the advice received from a health practitioner under subsection (1) (d) .
- (a) can access reticulated water, a toilet and shower facilities that, as far as practicable, are constructed in a way to prevent the prisoner from associating with other prisoners; and
- (b) is given the same type of mattress, sheets, blankets and pillow as the prisoner would have were the prisoner not in separate confinement; and
- (c) is given clothing appropriate for the prevailing conditions; and
- (d) is given the opportunity to exercise, in the fresh air, for at least 2 daylight hours a day, unless a health practitioner advises that it would not be in the interests of the prisoner’s health to exercise for a stated period or indefinitely.