Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION) ACT 2005 - SECT 7

    (1)     Functions under this Act in relation to a sentenced offender must be exercised, as far as practicable, as follows:

        (a)     to respect and protect the offender's human rights;

        (b)     to ensure the offender's decent, humane and just treatment;

        (c)     to preclude torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment;

        (d)     to promote the offender's rehabilitation and reintegration into society.

    (2)     Also, functions under this Act in relation to an offender serving a sentence of imprisonment must be exercised, as far as practicable, to ensure—

        (a)     the offender is not subject to further punishment (in addition to deprivation of liberty) only because of the conditions of detention; and

        (b)     the offender's conditions in detention comply with the requirements under the Corrections Management Act 2007

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