Queensland Consolidated Acts

CORRECTIVE SERVICES ACT 2006 - SECT 20

(1) A corrective services officer may give a prisoner a direction the officer reasonably believes is necessary—

(a) for the welfare or safe custody of the prisoner or other prisoners; or

(b) for the security or good order of a corrective services facility; or

(c) to ensure compliance with an order given or applying to the prisoner; or

Example of order for paragraph (c)—

an order given under division 3 for the searching of the prisoner

(d) to ensure a prisoner attends a place to enable a DNA sampler to take a DNA sample from a prisoner under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, chapter 17, part 5; or

(e) to ensure the prisoner or another prisoner does not commit an offence or a breach of discipline.

(2) Directions under this section may be given in writing or orally, and may apply generally or be limited in their application.