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Youth Justice Act 2005
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153 Prohibited actions
(1) The superintendent of a detention centre:
(a) must not take an action mentioned in subsection (2); and
(b) must take reasonable steps to ensure that a member of the
staff of the detention centre does not take an action mentioned
in subsection (2).
(2) Each of the following actions is prohibited in relation to a detainee:
(a) the use of force, except:
(i) under section 154 or another provision of this Act; and
(ii) in accordance with section 10;
(b) the use of a restraint, except a permitted restraint that is used
in accordance with section 155;
(c) the use of force or a restraint for the purpose of disciplining a
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(d) the use of any form of physical, verbal or emotional abuse,
including the following:
(i) the administering of corporal punishment, that is, any
action which inflicts, or is intended to inflict, physical pain
or discomfort on the detainee;
(ii) any act or omission intended to degrade or humiliate the
(iii) excessive control over the detainee's access to basic
human needs, including toilet facilities, food and clean
drinking water;
(e) the use of any form of psychological pressure intended to
intimidate or humiliate the detainee;
(f) any kind of unlawful discriminatory treatment.