524Isolations Register

524 Isolations Register

(1) The Commissioner for Youth Justice must establish and keep an Isolations Register in accordance with this section.

(2) The Isolations Register must include the following information in relation to every use of isolation in relation to a child or young person held in custody in a youth justice custodial centre—

(a) information about and the characteristics of the child or young person who was placed in isolation including—

(b) the following information about and circumstances of the isolation—

(i) the time at which the isolation period started and the time at which it ended;

(ii) the location where the child or young person was isolated;

(iii) the name and role of the person who authorised the use of isolation and the name and role of any other person involved in the placement of the child or young person in isolation;

(iv) the reason for the use of isolation, including the purpose for which it was authorised;

(v) the details of any reasonably practicable behavioural, relational, therapeutic or alternative measures that were first attempted;

(vi) the frequency of observations during the period of isolation;

(vii) if an Aboriginal child or young person was placed in isolation, whether the child or young person was offered or received cultural support;

(viii) if the child or young person was placed in isolation as part of a group or class of children or young persons placed in isolation under section 482, a description of that group or class;

(c) whether the child or young person was examined by a health practitioner and received medical attention and mental health care;

(d) any other prescribed information.

(3) If—

(a) a parent or legal representative of a child or young person requests that the Commissioner for Youth Justice give a report of the information included on the Isolations Register in relation to the use of isolation in relation to that child or young person; and

(b) the child or young person consents to the Commissioner for Youth Justice giving that report—

the Commissioner for Youth Justice must give that report as soon as reasonably practicable.

(4) Despite subsection (3), the Commissioner for Youth Justice is not required to give a report to a parent if the giving of the report would not be appropriate in the circumstances.

There is a history of family violence and the giving of the report jeopardises the safety of any person.