Corrections — Canada — Northwest Territories law | Esheria

Corrections

This part defines key correctional terms and sets out who administers the Corrections Act, how advisory boards work, and what the Director of Corrections must do for victim-information and conduct programs.

Jurisdiction
Canada — Northwest Territories
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
Official source
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appeals community advisory boards complaints correctional administration correctional operations disciplinary measures disciplinary process inmate management inmate programs inmate property offences penalties regulation-making reporting security and inspections security searches separate confinement temporary absence victim information work programs

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About this statute

This part defines key correctional terms and sets out who administers the Corrections Act, how advisory boards work, and what the Director of Corrections must do for victim-information and conduct programs. This part requires correctional officials to run programs, inspections, and inmate services, while setting limits on force and protecting certain inmate rights. This provision lets correctional officials assign inmates to tighter supervision, restrict inmate communications, search people and vehicles at the correctional centre, and use separate confinement or disciplinary measures subject to stated limits and review steps. This provision covers inmate disciplinary appeals, panel powers, temporary absences, work programs, inmate funds and property, and complaint rights. The Director of Corrections must prepare an annual report for the Minister, and the Minister must table it in the Legislative Assembly. The Commissioner in Executive Council may make regulations on the listed correctional-matters. The text also creates offences for obstruction-related conduct, contraband, and trespass, with summary-conviction penalties.

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