South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts36—Detention of youth sentenced as adult
(1) Subject to any
direction of the sentencing court to the contrary, a youth who has been dealt
with as an adult and sentenced to imprisonment will serve that sentence in a
training centre.
(2) If a youth is
serving a sentence of imprisonment in a training centre, the sentencing court
must, before the youth reaches 18 years of age, review the detention and
either direct that the imprisonment in a training centre continue or that the
youth be transferred to a prison.
(3) Subject to
subsection (4), while a youth is serving a sentence of imprisonment in a
training centre, this Act applies to the youth, to the exclusion of the
Correctional Services Act 1982 , as if the youth had been sentenced to
detention in a training centre.
(4) The following
provisions of the Correctional Services Act 1982 apply to and in relation
to a youth who is serving a sentence of imprisonment in a training centre:
(b)
Division 3 of Part 6 (release on parole) applies to a youth in respect of whom
a non-parole period has been fixed, with the following modifications:
(i)
a reference to the Board will be taken to be a reference
to the Training Centre Review Board;
(ii)
a reference to a prisoner will be taken to be a reference
to a youth;
(iii)
a reference to a prison will be taken to be a reference
to a training centre;
(iv)
a reference to a community corrections officer will be
taken to be a reference to an officer or employee of the Department whose
duties include the supervision of youths in the community.
(5) If a youth who is
on parole attains the age of 18 years—
(a) the
preceding provisions of this section cease to apply in relation to the youth;
and
(b) any
reference in the parole conditions to the Training Centre Review Board will be
taken to be a reference to the Parole Board; and
(c) any
reference in the parole conditions to an officer of the Department will be
taken to be a reference to a community corrections officer.