Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6B · Employment Preparation Scheme
59L. Eligibility for employment preparation
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A prisoner is eligible to be released for employment preparation under section 59K if —
prisoner
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison or reformative training centre or subject to an external placement order or a home detention order, but does not include a person released and at large under a remission order;
the prisoner has served not less than 14 days, or any other period that the Minister may prescribe by notification in the Gazette, of the prisoner’s sentence of imprisonment; and
the Commissioner considers that the prisoner is suitable for employment preparation, having regard to the circumstances of the case, including the following factors:
the prisoner’s progress and response to rehabilitation in prison;
the prisoner’s family support;
the risk of recidivism by the prisoner.
For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), the total consecutive periods of imprisonment of whatever nature are to be treated as one sentence.