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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
7Treatment of sentenced offenders
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7 Treatment of sentenced offenders
(1) Functions under this Act in relation to a sentenced offender must be
exercised, as far as practicable, as follows:
(a) to respect and protect the offender’s human rights;
(b) to ensure the offender’s decent, humane and just treatment;
(c) to preclude torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment;
(d) to promote the offender’s rehabilitation and reintegration into
society.
(2) Also, functions under this Act in relation to an offender serving a
sentence of imprisonment must be exercised, as far as practicable, to
ensure—
(a) the offender is not subject to further punishment (in addition to
deprivation of liberty) only because of the conditions of
detention; and
(b) the offender’s conditions in detention comply with the
requirements under the Corrections Management Act 2007.