Queensland Consolidated Acts

CORRECTIVE SERVICES ACT 2006 - SECT 12

(1) When a prisoner is admitted to a corrective services facility for detention, the chief executive must classify the prisoner into one of the following security classifications—

(a) maximum;

(b) high;

(c) low.

(2) When deciding a prisoner's security classification, the chief executive must have regard to each of the following—

(a) the nature of the offence for which the prisoner has been charged or convicted;

(b) the risk of the prisoner escaping, or attempting to escape, from custody;

(c) the risk of the prisoner committing a further offence and the impact the commission of the further offence is likely to have on the community;

(d) the risk the prisoner poses to himself or herself, and other prisoners, staff members and the security of the corrective services facility.