Youth Custodial Rules

Youth Custodial Rules cover the management of young people held in detention. They reflect the Australasian Juvenile Justice Administrator's National Standards, which were endorsed nationally in 1999.

100 - Officers

NumberTitleAppendices
101Distribution of Youth Custodial Rules and compliance with legislation (PDF 62 KB) 
102Youth Custodial Services philosophy and management of young people (PDF 68 KB) 
102.1
102.2
106Smoking in the workplace procedure (PDF 67 KB) 

200 - Management, control and security of detention centres

NumberTitleAppendices
201Association of male and female detainees (PDF 56 KB) 
202Privileges extended to detainees (PDF 54 KB) 
203Requests and complaints (PDF 77 KB) 
205Management of disruptive behaviour other than by charge of a detention centre offence (PDF 60 KB) 
208Major Detention Centre disturbances (PDF 68 KB)

300 - Assessment, security classification and supervision level of detainees

NumberTitleAppendices
301Security classification and supervision level of detainees within detention (PDF 86 KB) 
302Assessment of detainees and case planning procedures (PDF 71 KB) 

400 - Custody, removal and release of detainees

NumberTitleAppendices
401 Property of detainees upon admission and discharge from detention (PDF 159 KB) 
402Recording of detainees' particulars (PDF 68 KB) 
406Discharge of detainees aged 17 years and over (PDF 67 KB) 
  406.1
  406.2

500 - Detention centre visits

NumberTitleAppendices
501Visits (PDF 90 KB) 
 502.1
 502.2
 502.3
502Inspector Custodial Services and Independent Detention Centre Visitors (PDF 78 KB) 

600 - Communication involving detainees

NumberTitleAppendices
601 Access to information pertaining to detainees (PDF 59 KB) 
602 Permitted and prohibited material (PDF 59 KB) 
  602.1
603 Communications (PDF 75 KB) 
  603.1

700 - Health care and wellbeing of detainees

NumberTitleAppendices
701Medical examinations, attention, treatment, records and reports (PDF 75 KB) 
702Asthmatic detainees (PDF 57 KB) 
704Use of Observation Cells (PDF 66 KB) 
704.1
704.2
705Management of infectious diseases (PDF 65 KB) 
706Standard precautions and infectious waste (PDF 65 KB) 
708Detainee suspected of using, ingesting or being in possession of alcohol or drugs since admission (PDF 67 KB) 
708.1
709Transsexual/Trans-Gender detainees (PDF 57 KB) 

800 - Authorised absences

NumberTitleAppendices
801Authorised absence from detention (PDF 77 KB)

900 - Non Australian detainees

NumberTitleAppendices
901Notification to consulate upon receipt of a non-Australian detainee (PDF 59 KB) 

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Last updated: 21-Feb-2013