Continuing detention orders in New South Wales

KEY TAKEAWAYS

A continuing detention order gives the State of NSW power to apply to the Supreme Court for the continual detention of a detained offender past the expiration of his or her original imprisonment sentence provided certain factors are satisfied. An application for a continuing detention order against a detained offender who is serving an imprisonment sentence for a serious offence or an offence of a sexual nature cannot be made more than 9 months before the end of his or her total sentence. Further continuing detention order can be imposed following the expiration of an existing one.

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