BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION | 44. (1) A director, with the approval of his regional director of corrections, shall establish rules regulating visits by persons to inmates at the correctional centre and these rules shall include provision for | ||
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a suitable space within the correction centre where visits shall take place, | |
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a schedule of hours and days on which visits may be held, and | |
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the number of visits a week to which an inmate is entitled. | |
| (2) Except as authorized by the director, no person shall visit an inmate except within the space and at such times a provided under subsection (1) (a) and (b). | ||
| (3) No person shall have access to a correctional centre or part of a correctional centre except as authorized by | ||
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an enactment of the Province or of Canada, or | |
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the consent of the director. | |
| (4) Where in his opinion the management, operation, discipline or security of the correctional centre so requires, the director may | ||
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order the removal of a person from the correctional centre or a part of the correctional centre, or | |
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prohibit any person from visiting inmates at a correctional centre or part of a correctional centre. | |
| (5) Visits to a inmate, except those by | ||
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a peace officer on duty, | |
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a barrister or solicitor representing an inmate respecting a charge for which the inmate awaits trial, | |
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a Member of Parliament or of the Legislative Assembly, | |
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the commissioner, a regional director, a district director, or the Director of Inspection and Standards, or | |
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the Ombudsman, | |
| may be supervised by an officer, who may terminate the visit where, in his opinion, the management, operation, discipline, or security of the correctional centre is threatened by continuation of the visit. | ||
| (6) Notwithstanding this section, the persons referred to in subsection (5) (a) to (e) may visit an inmate at any reasonable time. | ||
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