71BOpening of correspondence generally

71B Opening of correspondence generally

71B Opening of correspondence generally

(1) The governor of a correctional centre or a nominated officer may open, inspect and read the contents of an inmate’s correspondence.

(2) The regulations may prescribe the circumstances in which the Commissioner, governor or a nominated officer may—

(a) confiscate correspondence, or the contents of the correspondence, and the way the confiscated matter must be dealt with, including in accordance with directions, or

(b) keep a copy of correspondence.

(3) The regulations may prescribe the following—

(a) persons the Commissioner may direct an inmate not to correspond with,

(b) inmates who require the written approval of the Commissioner to correspond,

(c) how correspondence opened under subsection (1) may be delivered to an inmate, including by delivering a copy of the correspondence in place of the original.

s 71B: Ins 2025 No 6, Sch 1[12].