South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts42A—Minor breaches of prison regulations
(1) Where the manager
of the correctional institution is satisfied that a prisoner has committed a
breach of a regulation that is specified to be a regulation to which this
section applies, the manager may give the prisoner notice in writing
that—
(a) sets
out the date of the alleged offence and briefly states the facts on which the
allegation is founded; and
(b)
identifies the particular regulation that is alleged to have been breached;
and
(c)
specifies that the prisoner may elect to be charged with, and receive a formal
hearing in relation to, the offence; and
(d)
specifies the punishment that the manager proposes to impose if the prisoner
does not elect to be charged with the offence.
(2) If the prisoner
does not within 24 hours give notice in writing to the manager, or an employee
of the Department specified in the manager's notice, that the prisoner elects
to be charged with the offence, the manager may, without affording further
opportunity for persons—
(a) to
hear or view evidence; or
(b) to
call, examine or cross-examine witnesses; or
(c) to
make submissions on the alleged breach or penalty,
impose on the prisoner one or both of the following penalties:
(d)
forfeiture of any specified amenities or privileges for a specified period not
exceeding 10 days; or
(e)
exclusion from any work that is performed in association with other prisoners
for a specified period not exceeding 10 days.