BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION | 15. (1) Where these conform with applicable health, fire, and safety enactments, the director may establish security areas. | ||
| (2) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), where a youth supervisor is of the opinion that | ||
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a youth has committed a breach of conduct, or | |
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a youth possesses a drug or contraband article concealed in his body, | |
| the youth supervisor may order the youth to be confined in a security area established under this section. | ||
| (3) Where a youth is confined under this section, | ||
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the youth supervisor shall forthwith advise the director, | |
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the director shall, every 4 hours, review whether the order of confinement should continue, | |
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the order of confinement shall not continue in force for more than 72 hours, | |
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while within the security area, the youth shall be viewed by a youth supervisor at intervals of not more than 15 minutes during the confinement, and the youth supervisor shall make a written record of the youth's apparent condition and the time of observation, and | |
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the director shall ensure that a youth supervisor is on duty at all times within hearing range of the youth. | |
| (4) A youth shall only be confined pursuant to an order under subsection (2) (b) if the youth is under the supervision of a medical officer throughout the period of confinement. | ||
| (5) Where a youth apparently requires special supervision or segregation for medical or psychiatric reasons, the youth shall not be confined under this section. | ||
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