Committee Details

committee's report

The committee tabled its Report No. 31, 57th Parliament - Corrective Services (Emerging Technologies and Security) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 on 10 February 2023. The Bill was passed without amendment on 23 May 2023. 

ABOUT THE BILL 

On 29 November 2022, the Minister for Police and Corrective Services and Minister for Fire and Emergency Services introduced the Corrective Services (Emerging Technologies and Security) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 into the Queensland Parliament. The Bill was initially referred to the Legal Affairs and Safety Committee. 

On 1 December 2022, the Bill was re-referred to the Education, Employment and Training Committee for detailed consideration and report by 10 February 2023.

View: Explanatory speech 
View: Bill 
View: Explanatory Notes
View: Statement of compatibility 

The Bill proposes amendments to the:

• Corrective Services Act 2006
• Corrective Services Regulation 2017
• Inspector of Detention Services Act 2022
• Justice and Other Information Disclosure Act 2008
• Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
• Youth Justice Act 1992
• Medicine and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021
• Mental Health Act 2016
• Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
• Public Guardian Act 2014 

Objectives of the Bill

The explanatory notes state that the objectives of the Bill are to:

• Modernise how corrective services facilities and youth detention centres respond to emergencies that threaten the health and safety of people within them.
• Respond to new security risks by criminalising the use of drones over corrective services facilities and youth detention centres, as well as entry onto their rooftops and other restricted areas.
• Provide clear authority to use x-ray body scanners, closed circuit television, body-worn cameras and other emerging technologies to maintain safety and security in correctional environments.
• Promote prisoner health and wellbeing, and support frontline service delivery and interagency collaboration, by facilitating greater information sharing.
• Update the prisoner security classification framework to better align with corrective services facility infrastructure and appropriately respond to risk.
• Clarify sentence calculation issues, enable the effective operation of the Official Visitor Scheme, and support the delivery of prisoner health services provided by Queensland Health by updating out-dated terminology within the Corrective Services Act 2006.

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