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Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)

Chapter XIV : Public-Private Partnership Correctional Centres

106. Powers, functions and duties of Controller

 

1) The Controller must monitor the daily operation of the public-private partnership correctional centre and report to the National Commissioner.

 

2) The Controller may order the Director and custody officials in the employ of the contractor to-
a) conduct any search contemplated in section 27(2)(a), (b) or (e);
b) detain separately a sentenced offender or sentenced offenders of a specific class in the circumstances contemplated in section 30;
c) apply approved mechanical means of restraint contemplated in section 31 to a sentenced offender detained in segregation for a period not exceeding 30 days;
d) use force contemplated in section 32;
e) use non-lethal incapacitating devices contemplated in section 33;
f) use firearms contemplated in section 34; and
g) use other weapons contemplated in section 35.