Queensland Consolidated Acts

CORRECTIVE SERVICES ACT 2006 - SECT 48

(1) A corrective services officer may seize a prisoner's ordinary mail, or anything in it, to stop—

(a) anything that poses a risk to the security or good order of the corrective services facility entering or leaving the facility; or

(b) anything that appears to be intended for the commission of an offence, or a breach of a court order, entering or leaving the facility; or

(c) threatening or otherwise inappropriate correspondence leaving the facility; or

Example of inappropriate correspondence—

correspondence by a prisoner, who has been convicted of a sexual offence against a child, to a child with whom the prisoner had no relationship before being imprisoned

(d) a prohibited thing entering or leaving the facility; or

(e) the prisoner purchasing goods or services without the chief executive's written approval.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a document to which legal professional privilege attaches.