122ISending and receiving messages using provided device

122I Sending and receiving messages using provided device

122I Sending and receiving messages using provided device

(1) The Commissioner may approve a person to send messages to, and receive messages from, an inmate (an approved recipient).

(2) The Commissioner may refuse to approve a person as an approved recipient if the Commissioner reasonably believes that messages sent to or received by the person could—

(a) prejudice the good order and security of a correctional centre, or

(b) constitute a threat to the personal security of a person.

(3) An inmate may use a provided device to send messages to, and receive messages from, an approved recipient.

(4) An inmate must not use a provided device to send messages to, or receive messages from, an approved recipient who is a legal practitioner for the purposes of transacting legal business or in relation to the inmate’s legal matters.

(5) A message sent to or by an inmate using an approved device may be read by an authorised officer.

(6) The Commissioner may cancel an approved recipient’s approval if an authorised officer is of the opinion that a message sent to, or received from, the approved recipient, to or from the inmate, using a provided device, is threatening, offensive, indecent, obscene, abusive or improper.

cl 122I: Ins 2022 (487), Sch 1[7].