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    Conditions of detention

    The Chief Executive of the Department of the Minister administering the Controlled Substances Act 1984 (SA) is responsible for ensuring that [s 54L]:

    • The child is able to receive family visits while detained;
    • The child has access to training, education and courses;
    • The person responsible for exercising functions under the visitor scheme has access to the child to monitor their health, safety and wellbeing;
    • The child is reviewed by a medical practitioner with expertise in addiction, psychiatric or paediatric medicine every four days of detention;
    • A nurse is present at the same premises and a doctor is on call to attend those premises at all times while the child is detained;
    • If the child is detained for assessment, the assessment occurs as quickly as possible, and the child is detained for the minimum period necessary;
    • If the child is detained for treatment, a treatment plan is implemented as soon as possible under which the child will receive treatment each day during detention and that arrangements are made for ongoing treatment support following detention; and
    • The child has rights to equivalent to those of a child detained in a training centre under the Youth Justice Administration Act 2016 (SA).
    Conditions of detention  :  Last Revised: Tue Nov 23rd 2021
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