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CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 15 OF 2007 ) - SECT 78

Case management plans—scope etc

    (1)     The chief executive—

        (a)     must maintain an individual management plan for each detainee, other than a remandee; and

        (b)     may maintain an individual management plan for a detainee who is a remandee.

    (2)     A case management plan for a detainee must—

        (a)     outline work and activities for the detainee; and

        (b)     be based on an assessment of the needs, capacities and disposition of the detainee; and

        (c)     be consistent with the resources available to the chief executive to manage the detainee; and

        (d)     if the detainee is an offender—outline how the detainee is to be prepared for lawful release and reintegration into society at the earliest possible time.

    (3)     A case management plan may deal with any matter relating to a detainee, including the following:

        (a)     provision for the safe, secure and humane treatment of the detainee;

        (b)     for a detainee at risk of self-harm—an outline of the risk and strategies for managing the risk;

        (c)     the welfare of the detainee, including the detainee's participation in work or activities, and other constructive use of time in detention;

        (d)     details of any academic, vocational or cultural education or training for the detainee approved under section 52 (News and educational services);

        (e)     the detainee's health condition and risks, and any associated treatment regime;

        (f)     for a detainee with a physical, mental or educational disability—strategies for extra assistance to minimise any disadvantage suffered by the detainee because of the disability, particularly in relation to suitability for work and release from detention;

        (g)     for a detainee serving a sentence of imprisonment by full-time detention—requirements for the detainee to be—

              (i)     told the detainee's release date under the sentence; and

              (ii)     given necessary assistance in applying for parole;

        (h)     anything else prescribed by regulation or directed by the chief executive.



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