Queensland Consolidated Acts

CORRECTIVE SERVICES ACT 2006 - SECT 33

(1) The chief executive may order a corrective services officer—

(a) to conduct a general search, personal search or scanning search of a prisoner; or

(b) to search a prisoner's room; or

(c) to search prisoner facilities.

(2) Also, a corrective services officer may conduct a general search, personal search or scanning search of a prisoner if the officer reasonably suspects the prisoner possesses something that poses, or is likely to pose, a risk to—

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

(b) the safety of persons in the facility.

(3) A power under this Act to search a prisoner in any way—

(a) includes a power to search anything in the prisoner's possession; and

(b) may be exercised at any time, including, for example, on the day on which the prisoner is discharged or released.