Searching Accommodation Rooms, Units, and Other Areas Procedure

The purpose of this procedure is to provide employees with instructions for conducting safe room area searches and room fixture/fittings audits within a Youth Justice Centre.

Use this procedure when:

  • searching a young person's room, centre units or other areas of a centre assessable to young people
  • conducting weekly maintenance fixture audits of all secure areas where young people have access.

Searches and audits are conducted for the purpose of detection, retrieval, reporting and disposal of dangerous, harmful or contraband items.

Download the procedure to find out more.

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Youth Justice Searching Accommodation Rooms Units and Other Areas Procedure PDF 204.49KB File last updated on: 13 July 2026.

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Type: Policy
Author: Youth Justice NSW
Publication Date: 13 April 2022
Version: 3

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