South Australian Current Acts

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ACT 1982 - SECT 24

24—CE has custody of prisoners

        (1)         The CE has the custody of a prisoner, whether the prisoner is within, or outside, the precincts of the place in which he or she is being detained, or is to be detained.

        (2)         Subject to this Act, the CE has an absolute discretion—

            (a)         to place any particular prisoner or prisoner of a particular class in such part of the correctional institution; and

            (b)         to establish in respect of any particular prisoner, or prisoner of a particular class, or in respect of prisoners placed in any particular part of the correctional institution, such a regime for work, recreation, contact with other prisoners or any other aspect of the day-to-day life of prisoners; and

            (c)         to vary any such regime,

as from time to time seems expedient to the CE.

        (3)         A variation of a regime in respect of a particular prisoner under subsection (2) for any purpose does not constitute a penalty for the purposes of this Act.