15Access to persons

15 Access to persons

(1)  A Tasmanian national preventive mechanism is entitled to have access to a detainee at all times.

(2)  The person in charge of a place of detention, each member of the staff of a place of detention and any person providing services in a place of detention –

(a) must allow a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism to conduct an interview with a detainee, out of the hearing of any other person; and

(b) must allow a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism to be accompanied by an interpreter in conducting an interview with a detainee if deemed necessary by the Tasmanian national preventive mechanism; and

(c) must not, without the approval of the detainee, read, copy or remove any correspondence –

(i) from a detainee to a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism; or

(ii) from a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism to a detainee.