prisons

The prison system review will consider employment and industrial frameworks, workforce management practices, and culture.

The latest release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Prisoners in Australia data provides a surprising change: for the first time in seven years, the national imprisonment rate has not increased. In fact, it has decreased by 1%. The female imprisonment rate decreased by 5%, breaking the trend of a vastly increasing number of women […]

The Queensland government is putting public servants back in charge of all prisons, following a Crime and Corruption Commission inquiry that found problems in having a mix of public and private management.

Serious reform in the Western Australian correctional system is now well overdue, according to the Corruption and Crime Commission, which has criticised the newly created Department of Justice for a “disturbing failure to respond to recommendations” going back as far as 2012.

Nobody likes copping a ticket, but there are signs the use of infringements to modify behaviour is ready for a holistic reset beyond just dollar values.

Fine avoidance strategies in Australia’s off-shore detentions aren’t a unique problem for DIBP, instead fitting a pattern in privatised prisons. Without monitoring, incidents can create broader risks for government.

Corrective Services NSW isn’t the only agency with a challenge on its hands over prison growth. The prison population in the state could grow by 50% over the next 20 years, says one report — and the longer you stay in gaol, the longer you are likely to be homeless, says another.