We arrived at suite 136, and I was detained pending an assessment.
In non-detained assessment situations before court examination, juvenile offenders present rather normal behaviour.
During screening initiatives for influenza A/H1N1p, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV and Ebola virus, large numbers of travellers were detained for in-depth assessment, but few or no cases were ultimately detected (Table 1).
Most egregiously, those with ASIO adverse security assessments are detained indefinitely, many, including children, for some years without meaningful access to legal advice or independent review.
At present 7,000 inmates endure overcrowding, gang violence and unsanitary conditions, but Pistorius was expected to undergo an immediate assessment to be detained in the hospital area.
In informal psychiatric inpatients (i.e. those not detained under the MHA) an assessment of capacity is fundamental to determining whether the safeguards within the MCA - including the rules on restraint (as laid out in sections 5 and 6 MCA) and the 'Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards' (introduced by the Mental Health Act 2007) - apply.
Where there is any doubt over an individual's age, they will not be detained unless an independent local authority age assessment concludes that they are over 18.
In addition, specialist mental health staff may provide voluntary assessment and treatment for people detained in prison throughout Victorian correctional settings.
People detained in prison requiring court ordered or involuntary assessment and treatment are transferred to the Victorian secure forensic hospital under the Mental Health Act 2014 (Vic).
In addition, for patients detained under the provisions of the MHA, the assessment of capacity is explicitly required in certain specified circumstances, most notably when electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) is offered, or when medication is prescribed after three months.
The man was being detained under the mental health act and undergoing questioning and assessment, Supt Walton added.
