Professional visitors

Legal and other accredited visitors may enter the AMC or visit a detainee seven days a week.

If a legal or other accredited visitor needs to enter the AMC or visit a detainee on a non-visit day, they are required to make a booking 24 hours in advance via email to avlamcbookings@act.gov.au.

Legal visits follow the same rules as other visitors, except that they are permitted to bring legal documentation in direct reference to the detainee’s case into the visit, which is conducted in a designated private room. Detainees and legal representatives may request a non-contact or non-private visit.

Legal visitors must present identification at each visit that identifies them as a registered legal practitioner, and they must be involved in the legal representation of the detainee that they are visiting.

Unless exempted by the Assistant Commissioner (or delegate), any person authorised to enter a correctional centre or visit a detainee in a professional capacity is prohibited from entering a correctional centre or visiting a detainee in a personal capacity.  All exemptions are at the discretion of the Assistant Commissioner (or delegate), and can be made in writing to:

Assistant Commissioner
Custodial Operations
Alexander Maconochie Centre
Locked Bag 7775
Canberra BC ACT 2610