Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Any letter written
by a prisoner and properly addressed to —
(a) the
Minister; or
(b) the
chief executive officer; or
(c) the
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations; or
(ca) the
Inspector of Custodial Services; or
(d) the
Commonwealth Ombudsman,
shall be dispatched by
the superintendent to the addressee, without being opened or read.
(2) The superintendent
or an officer authorised by the superintendent may open and read any letter
written by a prisoner, other than a letter of the kind specified in
subsection (1), and may open and inspect any parcel which a prisoner
desires to be dispatched or made available to any person.
(3) Where it appears
to the superintendent that the contents of a letter or parcel of the kind
referred to in subsection (2), or any part of the contents of such a
letter or parcel —
(a) may
jeopardise the good order or the security of a prison; or
(b)
contain a threat to a person or property; or
(c)
constitute or are expressed in a code,
the letter or parcel
may be returned to the prisoner, or sent to and retained by the chief
executive officer, or destroyed or otherwise dealt with by order of the chief
executive officer.
(4) Subject to
subsections (2) and (3), and section 67A, the superintendent shall
cause to be dispatched to the addressee any letter written by a prisoner and
any parcel which a prisoner desires to be dispatched to any person.
[Section 67 amended by No. 47 of 1987
s. 11; No. 113 of 1987 s. 32; No. 75 of 2003
s. 56(1); No. 65 of 2006 s. 21.]