Department of Corrective Services Handbook

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Department of Corrective Services
2013
Handbook
A guide to services provided
by the Department
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ISSN 1838-7977 (Print)
ISSN
1838-7985 (Online)
2013 Handbook Department of Corrective
Services
Department of Corrective Services Handbook 2013
Incorporating the Department of Corrective Services’ Information Statement, as required
by the Freedom of Information Act 1992.
This handbook is a guide to the services provided by the Department of Corrective
Services in 2013.
It is designed to help people who have contact with Western Australia’s corrective
services system by providing information on the services available through the
Department and where and how to access them.
Information provided in this handbook is deemed correct at the time of print but may
be subject to change during the year.
This handbook is also available on the Department’s website at
www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au.
Comments and suggestions for the inclusion of information in future editions should be
directed to the Department’s Media and Public Affairs branch on (08) 9264 1832 or
email [email protected].
141 St Georges Terrace
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 13 12 17
Website: www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au
© Department of Corrective Services 2013
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2013 Handbook Department of Corrective Services
Contents
About the Department.................................................................4
Access to information...................................................................7
People and Organisational Development.................................13
Communications.........................................................................17
Professional Standards................................................................21
Prison details................................................................................27
Prison services.............................................................................47
Community Corrections.............................................................61
Youth Justice................................................................................83
Victim services...........................................................................101
Related agencies and services..................................................105
Index...........................................................................................110
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About the Department
The Department of Corrective Services (DCS) began operating in February 2006 to
manage adult and young offenders in custody and in the community.
The Department fulfils its obligations by:
• providing offender management services that protect the community
• diverting offenders from committing further offences and from further entry into
the criminal justice system
• supporting offenders to become responsible citizens by adopting law-abiding
lifestyles
• promoting crime prevention.
Minister responsible
Hon J M Francis MLA
Minister for Corrective Services
Level 10, London House
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 6552 6500 Fax: 6552 6501
Accountable officer
Commissioner
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1044 Fax: 9264 1370
Website: www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au
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Access to information
A number of corporate services support the Department’s human resources, financial,
information and physical obligations.
Some of these services continue to be delivered through the Department of the
Attorney General following the separation of the former Department of Justice in 2006.
In accordance with government policy, a range of corporate and financial information
about the Department is available for public access. However, some corporate
information and offender records are subject to a Freedom of Information application
(see page 9).
Departmental publications
The Department’s website is www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au.
Annual reports and financial statements
The Department’s annual reports, incorporating financial statements, are available online
at www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au.
Budget papers
The Department’s budget papers are available for purchase from the State Law
Publisher or from the Department of Treasury website at
www.ourstatebudget.wa.gov.au.
Corporate records
The Department’s Corporate Records Management Branch is responsible for the
management of administrative and offender-related records.
Public access to most corporate records at DCS can only be granted through the
Freedom of Information process (see page 9), or by a court order.
Administrative records
These records include ministerial correspondence, Ombudsman enquiries, Freedom of
Information records, financial records and records supporting the Department’s internal
functions.
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Corporate support services
Offender records
These records include prisoner records for offenders in custody or those undertaking
community-based orders.
Adult Custodial files
These files contain documents related to a person’s offence, sentence and remand
details, as well as their custodial management, placement and classification, incidents and
correspondence.
Adult Community Corrections files
These files contain documents related to a person’s offence and sentence as well as
contact reports from community corrections officers. Access is usually available to the
offender only after completing a Freedom of Information application, or by a court
order, although certain documents outlined in Policy Directive 6, Access to Information,
can be released to the offender.
Policy Directive 6 can be accessed from the Department’s website from
www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au/prisons/adult-custodial-rules/policy-directives.aspx.
Recordkeeping Plan
In accordance with the State Record Act 2000, the Department is required to develop
and periodically review a Recordkeeping Plan (RKP) which details how the Department
will manage its records from creation to disposition, whether that be destruction or
permanent retention.
External requests for access to the RKP should be directed to the Director, Knowledge
Management.
Contact:
Corporate Records Management Branch
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 6139 Fax: 9264 6238
Postal address
Corporate Records Management Branch
Locked Bag 22
Cloisters Square Post Office
PERTH WA 6850
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The Information Release Branch is responsible for responding to requests for
information on both current and past offenders that fall outside the Freedom of
Information Act 1992. This includes current prisoner locations, interagency information
exchange, subpoenas and other court ordered information release.
Specific documents outlined in Policy Directive 6, Access to Information, can be released
to an offender outside the formal Freedom of Information process. Policy Directive 6
can be accessed from the Department’s website from www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au/
prisons/adult-custodial-rules/policy-directives.aspx. Proof of identity must be provided
and it must be confirmed the document originated from, or relates to, the offender.
Enquiries regarding the release of information can be sent via email to
[email protected].
Information available
Prisoner location details can be obtained from the Information Release Branch from
8 am-4 pm, Monday to Friday.
Subpoenas and other legal notices to produce documents can be hand delivered
between 8 am-5 pm, Monday to Friday to:
Attention: Manager Information Release
Department of Corrective Services reception
Level 9, 141 St Georges Terrace
PERTH WA 6000
Contact:
Information Release Branch
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 6229 or 9264 1587
Fax: 9481 8504
Postal Address
Information Release Branch
Locked Bag 22
Cloisters Square Post Office
PERTH WA 6850
Freedom of Information (FOI)
The Freedom of Information Act 1992 (FOI) allows access to information held by the
Department. Under the Act, the Department is required to deal with applications for
information within 45 days of receipt.
The FOI Act encourages an open and transparent government through the release of
documents and information. However, in some cases, section 23 of the Act may apply
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Information release outside the Freedom of Information process
and applicants can be refused access on a range of grounds in accordance with the
provisions of the Act.
In these cases, applicants have the right of appeal – first to the Department and then to
the Government’s independent Information Commissioner. See Review Rights on next
page for further details.
All FOI applications made to the Department are co-ordinated by the FOI Branch which
can also help with requests for documents available for purchase or free of charge.
To arrange to inspect Department information available to the public, phone the FOI
Manager on 9264 1133. Access is from 8 am-4 pm, Monday to Friday at Level 9, 141 St
Georges Terrace, Perth.
Access to non-personal information
All FOI applications for non-personal information must be made in writing, accompanied
by a $30 application fee and addressed to the FOI manager.
Charges for access to non-personal information
The following additional charges may apply when processing a non-personal FOI
application:
• time to deal with an application
$30 per hour
• supervised access
$30 per hour
• photocopying
$30 per hour (staff time) and 20 cents per copy
• transcribing information from tape
$30 per hour
• duplicating tape, film or information
actual cost
• delivery, packaging and postage
actual cost
If charges are expected to be more than $25, the applicant will be given an estimate as
soon as possible after the application is received.
The Department reserves the right to request an advance deposit. A reduction in
charges may be considered in cases of financial hardship.
Access to personal information
Personal information can be factual or routine information, such as date of birth, length
of employment or qualifications.
It may also be opinions or evaluations, such as advice or recommendations of a third
party, records of interviews or material in personnel records.
Applications for personal information must be made in writing to the FOI address on
the next page. Fees and charges do not apply.
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Notification of decisions to access information
The Department will issue a written notice of its decision to an applicant within 45 days
of receipt of a request for information (or 30 days for applications to amend personal
information).
The notice will include the date of the decision, the name and designation of the
decision maker, reasons for deleting any matter, reasons for deferring access,
arrangements for giving access, reasons for refusing access to any matter, the amount
and basis for any charges levied, the rights of review and procedures to be followed.
Review rights
If an applicant disagrees with a decision made by the Department, they can submit a
written request to the Department to review the decision within 30 days of receiving it.
Reviews are conducted by a different person who is not subordinate to the original
decision maker. Fees do not apply. The Department must respond with a written notice
of a decision within 15 days.
If the applicant is still not satisfied they may lodge a written complaint to the
Government’s independent Information Commissioner within 60 days following the
internal review decision (30 days for third parties). The Commissioner’s decision is final
unless an appeal is made to the Supreme Court on a question of law.
Contact:
FOI Manager
Locked Bag 22, Cloisters Square
PERTH WA 6850
Phone: 9264 1133 Fax: 9481 8504
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Amending personal information
The right to amend personal information held by the Department ensures information
does not unfairly harm the person referred to, misrepresent facts about them or give a
misleading impression.
Applicants must provide details and, if necessary, documentation to support their claim
that the information they seek to have amended is inaccurate, incomplete, out of date
or misleading.
Applicants must also show how they want the amendment to be made within the
options set out in the FOI Act including altering, striking out, deleting or inserting
information or inserting a note in relation to information.
Employee information
Employee personal and employment details are held on the Department’s electronic
human resource management system and on individual personnel files maintained by
the Department of the Attorney General.
Access to the electronic system is strictly by approved application via an online form.
Personnel files of employees and ex-employees are kept secure and confidential but
individuals are able to request to view their own files in accordance with the Personnel
Files Policy.
Contact:
Human Resources Records
Department of the Attorney General Shared Transactional HR Services (AGTHRS)
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 1300 248 477 Fax: 1300 473 676
Library services
The Department provides a library information service that supports the research needs
of staff throughout Western Australia.
The library maintains a collection of books, journals and reports in print and electronic
formats.
Subjects include criminology, psychology, social work, penology, offender management,
adult and youth justice, prisoner health, policy and law.
A selection of early Departmental publications and annual reports is also available.
Services available to staff include research on any work-related topic, loan of materials
from the library’s collection, inter-library loans , access to electronic databases, and alerts
to users regarding recently published documents. This service is not available to the
public.
Opening hours are 8.30 am-4.30 pm, Monday to Friday.
Contact:
Library
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1075 Fax: 9226 3358
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People and Organisational
Development
Employment
Employment opportunities
Volunteers
The Department’s adult, youth and community services engage volunteers who provide
invaluable support in day-to-day activities.
Community and Youth Justice
Volunteers in community and youth justice services act as mentors and help supervise
offenders. They also assist with the supervision of community work, especially in arts and
crafts groups and, at times, help with transport.
Contact:
Community Work Management Branch
Volunteer Coordinator – Community and Youth Justice
Phone: 9379 2966
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Human Resources
The Department of Corrective Services is a diverse public sector organisation that
provides a variety of services to government and the community. A wide range of
employment and volunteer opportunities exist within the Department for enthusiastic
and committed people.
Employment opportunities are advertised on the WA public sector jobs board (www.
jobs.wa.gov.au) and through various external media.
The careers section of the Department’s website
(www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au/careers/) includes information about specific careers
including:
• community corrections officers
• youth justice officers
• health professionals
• youth custodial officers
• prison officers
• teachers/trainers
• therapeutic intervention staff
• trades and services (vocational support officers)
• a range of other professions within corporate support areas.
Development
Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women
Boronia has a robust volunteer program where volunteers participate in a range of
activities within the centre. Volunteers support the women in activities such as sporting
events, the Boronia choir, craft workshops and cooking classes.
Contact:
Volunteer coordinator – Boronia
Phone: 9212 3600
The Department’s policy and guidelines for the engagement and management of
volunteers are available online at www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au.
People and Organisational Development Division
The People and Organisational Development Division is responsible for setting strategic
Human Resources (HR) direction and for providing advice to the Department’s business
areas and staff. The division can be contacted for specialist advice and assistance in:
• HR divisional services
• workforce planning and strategy
• employee wellbeing, workers compensation, occupational safety and health
• industrial relations advice and representation/grievance advice, performance
management advice, equal opportunity advice and representation
• policy and program development
• candidate attraction and recruitment advice.
In most cases, staff seeking HR advice should first contact their business area or
divisional HR team.
Contact:
People and Organisational Development Division
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1047 Fax: 9264 6186 (not for pay and related issues)
Employee Assistance Program
The Department is committed to the promotion of staff wellbeing and to providing
support to employees through internal and external services.
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Development
Attorney General Shared Transactional HR Services (AGTHRS)
AGTHRS, a directorate with the Department of the Attorney General, is the
Department’s day-to-day transactional Human Resources (HR) service provider for:
• personnel payroll
• job advertising and appointments
• position management and classification services
• HR systems including HR Kiosk
• online HR Management reports (Cognos).
Further information about these services and processing timeframes is available from the
Intranet (CSinet) and HR Kiosk (DCS staff only).
If you are unable to locate the answer to your question online, call the customer contact
centre on 1300 AGTHRS (1300 248 477) or lodge an enquiry from home or work
using the online form available on the intranet homepage.
Corrective Services Academy
The Corrective Services Academy is the training provider for DCS staff in Western
Australia. The Academy provides staff with the opportunity to develop and improve the
skills, knowledge and personal attributes necessary to fulfil their responsibilities. It also
helps them to pursue career goals.
Located in Bentley, the Academy develops and delivers quality training programs,
offering a wide variety of courses to a number of client groups throughout the
organisation every year.
The Academy also has a regional presence by way of satellite trainers who co-ordinate
and promote training opportunities across the State.
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Human Resources
The internal services are staff support based teams, which are mainly custodial based,
with a small team also based in head office at Westralia Square.
The external service is the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) which is provided by
PPC Worldwide throughout the metropolitan area with affiliates based in regional WA.
Contact:
Employee Welfare Branch
9264 1039
Employee Assistance Program (PPC Worldwide)
1300 361 008
Development
Courses range from foundation/induction training to corporate governance and
workplace skills training and leadership development.
The Academy also links business areas with external training providers and offers
recommendations on the most appropriate training services to meet individual, business
and Department needs.
Contact:
Corrective Services Academy
4 Allen Court
BENTLEY WA 6102
Phone: 9212 3900 Fax: 9212 3928
Infrastructure Services
Infrastructure Services provides leadership, responsibility and direction for infrastructure
activities to ensure facilities are built and maintained in line with the needs of the
Department and in compliance with legislation, codes and protocols.
The infrastructure activities comprise private or public major capital projects, minor
works, maintenance and development of asset plans and standards.
Contact:
Infrastructure Services
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1293
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Communications
Media and Public Affairs
The Department’s Media and Public Affairs branch co-ordinates the release of
information about the Department’s services and projects. It includes public affairs,
publications and media teams. All media enquiries are handled by on-call media staff.
The branch also co-ordinates:
community consultation and communication
launches and events
marketing and communication strategies
publication production
intranet news service
internet news service
staff recognition
staff communications.
Photo: Today Tonight reporter Graeme Butler interviews North West Metro Adult
Community Corrections Manager Sue Senior.
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Communications
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Media
A media officer is available 24 hours, seven days a week.
Publications
• Department of Corrective Services Handbook
• Department of Corrective Services Annual Report (online only)
• InsideOUT(staff magazine)
• e-News (for internal distribution only)
Website
• The Department’s website is at www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au
The Department’s media releases are published in the news section of the website.
Intranet
• CSinet
• J-Staff
Contact:
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1832 Fax: 9264 1522
Email: [email protected]
Media Coordinator
Phone: 9264 1099 Mobile: 0419 944 048
Online Services
The Online Services branch manages the Department’s online (web) presence.
Online Services is responsible for:
• developing and implementing the Department’s web strategy
• promoting online content writing and usability guidelines, and accessibility standards
through consultancy and workshops
• co-ordinating the online content and application development, vetting and
publishing to the intranet (CSinet) and DCS websites, and a number of internal
portal communities
• ensuring compliance to guidelines and standards.
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Communications
Information technology support
All Information Technology (IT) queries, including technical problems with staff laptops,
desktops, printers or application availability, should be reported to the CSC Service
Desk.
Contact:
Phone: 1800 500 884
Advisory groups
The Department welcomes views and comments from people and agencies outside of
government.
Community liaison and reference groups
Community Liaison Groups (CLG) are established to ensure community input is given
to Department projects and decisions, and to strengthen the Department’s relationship
with the community.
The groups are generally made up of local residents, businesses and various agency
representatives who represent a cross-section of community views.
The Department also draws on the expertise of local people by establishing Community
Reference Groups (CRG) to inform and advise on key projects.
These experts include local people with a commitment to particular justice issues, other
government agencies and cultural advisers.
The number of community reference groups operating at any one time depends on the
projects and requirements of the Department.
CLGs operate at Wooroloo and Karnet prison farms while CRGs operate for all work
camps except for Warburton, which is in the process of establishing a group. The Derby
CRG operates for the West Kimberley Regional Prison and Regional Youth Justice
Services.
The Department also operates a Community Engagement and Advisory Group for
Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women.
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Communications
Contact:
Manager Online Services
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 6372
Communications
Contact:
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1832 Fax: 9264 1522
Ministerial Liaison Branch (MLB)
Ministerial correspondence between the Department and the office of the Minister
for Corrective Services is co-ordinated by the Department’s Ministerial Liaison Branch
(MLB).
The branch allocates, records and monitors various Ministerial correspondences and
liaises between the Minister’s office and Department staff on prepared responses. It
also co-ordinates and quality assures briefing notes from within the Department on
various corrections issues relevant to the Minister’s portfolio, as well as responding
to Parliamentary questions and Cabinet submissions, and providing advice to other
Members of Parliament.
Contact:
Ministerial Liaison Branch
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1700 Fax: 9264 1522
Photo: MLB staff members at Parliament House.
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Professional Standards
Complaints, compliments and suggestions
The Administration of Complaints, Compliments and Suggestions, known as ACCESS,
is a dedicated service that handles all complaints, compliments and suggestions and
monitors their progress for action, in accordance with recognised standards. It ensures
all complaints are addressed in a timely and appropriate manner.
ACCESS identifies causes of problems and makes recommendations for changes to
procedures, practices or policies to prevent similar problems occurring. It provides
regular reports and advice to senior management across the Department to enhance
service delivery and ensure compliance with decision-making and administrative
standards.
The service liaises with agencies, including the WA Ombudsman and Health and
Disability Services Complaints Office, whose roles are to oversee the administration and
resolution of complaints.
Brochure
• ACCESS: Do you have something to say? Let us know. (available online)
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The Department’s primary focus is to improve community safety and reduce
reoffending.
The Department recognises that a strong partnership with the community, its clients
and stakeholders is critical to delivering these services. This relationship must be founded
on confidence and trust, which is enhanced when clients, community and staff view
processes as open, transparent and accountable. This means building an organisational
culture that values integrity and recognises the benefits of effective complaints handling.
Compliance with legislation and Government and Departmental codes and policies
is the foundation that enables effective delivery of services that are contemporary,
rigorous and credible.
The Professional Standards Division provides services to ensure these standards are
met.
This is achieved by a range of internal controls and programs that monitor compliance
and identify gaps in service standards; a comprehensive risk management system that
identifies and analyses current and emerging risks; and a treatment program for dealing
with complaints and misconduct. The division also provides services that focus on
enhancing organisational learning and professionalism.
Prisoner Grievance System
The Department has a process in place to help resolve complaints made by prisoners
and detainees about the custodial system and the services provided. The Prisoner
Grievance System, in particular, encourages early resolution of complaints through a
prisoner’s unit officer.
Where matters are unable to be resolved, the system provides for the formal recording
of grievances on the Department’s Total Offender Management System (TOMS) and
unresolved matters can be escalated to a Prisoner Grievance Review Panel.
Compliance
The Standards and Review Directorate is responsible for testing the Department’s
compliance against policy, procedure and legislation – specifically within adult prisons,
youth detention centres and community justice offices.
The directorate’s review team provides corporate risk management, standards
development, compliance and reporting frameworks, proactive compliance testing
and quality assurance. The directorate also promotes consistency and accountability
in professional practice and the case management of offenders under community
supervision orders.
It also reviews and makes recommendations on the Department’s case management
practices and standards in the event of the case review of a critical incident or coronial
matter.
Contact:
Standards and Review
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 9529 Fax: 9264 1398
Professional Conduct
The Integrity Directorate is responsible for conducting investigations and reviews into
complaints and reports of serious misconduct involving Department staff.
Matters assessed as less serious may be referred to a local investigator, however, the
directorate continues to oversee and support the investigation of local matters.
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The directorate provides a reporting service for the Department in relation to matters
such as corruption and misconduct that fall within the jurisdiction of the Corruption and
Crime Commission, and the WA Police in relation to misconduct that involves criminal
activity.
Safeline is a dedicated phone line (1300 880 532) for staff to report suspected
misconduct or unethical behaviour within the Department.
It is a secure and confidential line that enables users to speak directly to ACCESS or to
leave a recorded message if they so wish.
Contact:
Integrity Directorate
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1780 Fax: 9264 1398
Public Interest Disclosure
The Public Interest Disclosure Act 2003 aims to ensure openness and accountability by
encouraging people to make disclosures about wrongdoing within the Department by
protecting them when they do.
Anyone can make a disclosure under the Act and the types of matters that can be
reported include:
• improper conduct
• an offence under State laws (including corruption)
• administration matters
• irregular, unauthorised or substantial mismanagement of public resources
• conduct that involves a substantial and specific risk of injury, prejudice to public
safety or harm to the environment.
Making a disclosure or “whistleblowing” is a serious matter and in many cases it will take
courage and trust for people holding information to come forward.
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It also identifies opportunities for business improvement arising from investigations
and reviews, and makes recommendations for changes to policies and procedures to
improve performance.
The Act has provided a number of protections including:
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immunity from civil or criminal liability, disciplinary action, dismissal and termination
of employment or for any breach of duty of secrecy or confidentiality that may
apply, as a result of making the disclosure
the Department taking all reasonable steps to protect a discloser from detrimental
action or the threat of detrimental action if they are a Department employee or a
prisoner
protecting both the identity of the person making the disclosure and the person
about whom the disclosure is made. There are some exceptions, including where it
is necessary to do so to enable the matter to be investigated.
The Act ensures appropriate disclosures of public interest information are investigated
and that the person raising the disclosure is informed about the outcome of the
investigation and what action, if any, the Department will take.
Photo: Staff member turns document pages.
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Making a public interest disclosure
In the first instance, a person wishing to make a public interest disclosure should contact
a designated public interest disclosure officer by email or phone to ensure the best
possible protection. Prisoners and detainees can also make a public interest disclosure
confidentially in writing.
All information regarding potential public interest disclosure matters should be kept
confidential.
More details can be found on the Public Sector Commission website.
Contact:
Public Interest Disclosure Officer
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 9683 Fax: 9264 1764
Further information:
Public Sector Commission
Dumas House, 2 Havelock Street
WEST PERTH WA 6065
Phone: 6552 8500
Website: www.publicsector.wa.gov.au
Internal Witness Support Service
In addition to the legislative protections available under the Public Interest Disclosure Act
2003, the Department provides an Internal Witness Support Service.
This service provides advice and support to employees who witness, provide
information about and/or report suspected unethical or improper conduct within the
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Within the Department, all investigative staff attached to the Integrity Directorate are
designated public interest disclosure officers. In order to be protected, a disclosure must
be made to a public interest disclosure officer.
Department. The service is free, confidential and entirely voluntary.
All information, including the identity of witnesses, is treated with the strictest
confidence in accordance with the Internal Witness Support Service Policy.
Contact:
Internal Witness Support Services
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 1300 791 147
Photo: ACCESS poster.
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Prison details
About prisons
The Department of Corrective Services maintains the custody of prisoners and the
security and good order of prisons throughout Western Australia. It is responsible for
the strategic management of the State’s prisons and, in accordance with the Prisons Act
1981 and Director General Rules, oversees the assessment and placement of offenders
in appropriate prisons for the duration of their sentences.
Adult offenders are most effectively managed by targeted program and employment
management regimes that give the community appropriate protection while maximising
the prisoners’ potential for rehabilitation.
All newly-sentenced prisoners undergo a comprehensive assessment to determine
their security rating, health requirements, work placement and program and educational
needs.
Prison rules and regulations
In addition to the Prisons Act 1981 and the Prison Regulations 1982, the Department
follows a set of rules, directives and instructions to assist in the management and control
of the State’s prisons and prisoners.
Known collectively as the Adult Custodial Rules, the documents are issued by
the Commissioner, as Chief Executive Officer, with the approval of the Minister.
Supplementary are policy directives and operational instructions issued on the authority
of the Commissioner.
The suite of rules, directives and instructions are administered by the Adult Custodial
division.
The superintendent of each prison also issues standing orders to manage their prison in
alignment with the rules, directives and instructions.
These documents are reviewed and revised as necessary, including the move towards a
simplified rule/policy structure and content.
The Adult Custodial Rules are available online at www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au
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Prison details
The Department’s 14 prisons (excluding Acacia Prison and Wandoo Reintegration
Facility) are diverse, with some prisoners serving their sentences in minimum-security
prisons, some in regional prisons across the State and others in maximum-security,
metropolitan prisons.
Prison details
Contact:
Adult Custodial Division
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1709 Fax: 9264 1962
Security Services
The Security Services Directorate provides the Department with advice and assistance
in the implementation of security systems, drug detection, intelligence services to
internal and external stakeholders, risk management and control strategies.
The directorate also drives the development and implementation of emergency
management procedures.
Contact:
Director Security Services
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1935 Fax: 9264 1370
Justice Intelligence Service
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 9656 Fax: 9264 9655
Emergency Support Group
Hakea Prison Complex
Nicholson Road
CANNING VALE WA 6155
Postal address
Locked Bag 111
Phone: 9366 6800 Fax: 9366 6820
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Prison details
Drug Detection Unit
Nicholson Road
Postal address
Locked Bag 111
Phone: 9366 6824 Fax: 9366 6484
Gatehouse Operations
Nicholson Road
Postal address
Locked Bag 111
Phone: 9366 6556 Fax: 9366 6322
Visiting prisons
Visitors are welcome at all Western Australian prisons as they are an important link
between the prisoner and the life they will re-join once released.
Each prison has its own visiting times and most have a booking system. Appointments
should be made up to 24 hours ahead (see individual prison details).
All visitors must register with the prison on arrival, provide valid proof of identity and
sign a statutory declaration of their identity, address, relationship with the prisoner and
the purpose of their visit. A photograph is taken and stored with the visitor’s details.
No items can be taken into a prison to pass on to a prisoner during visits. This includes
jewellery, money, letters, photos, cards, pills or drugs of any type or personal belongings.
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Security
Visitors to prisons should be aware of the following security measures:
• Anyone, including children and babies, may be searched before being granted entry
to the prison. There are five kinds of searches – canine, visual, electronic, rub-down
and strip searches.
• Drug detector dogs operate in prisons.
• Video cameras operate in all prisons and you will be filmed during your visit.
• Any person caught trying to bring a banned substance or item into a prison may be
charged by police and may be refused entry on future visits to the prison.
Photo: Prison officers on duty at Albany Regional Prison.
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Acacia Prison
Acacia Prison is a privately-managed prison. The Department owns the prison and
contracts its custodial services to external service provider Serco and its maintenance of
the facility to Sodexo.
In brief
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Visiting times – Friday to Sunday 8 am, 9.45 am, 1 pm and 3 pm.
The number of visitors per visit is limited to seven with a maximum of three adults.
A free bus service runs from Midland Train Station on Friday at 7.15 am, 8.45 am
and 2.00 pm, Saturday at 7 am, 8.45 am and 2 pm, and Sunday at 7.15 am, 8.45 am
and 2 pm. Seats are limited and must be booked in line with visitor appointments.
The Acacia Prison Services Agreement and the prison’s annual reports are available
online at www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au.
Contact:
Acacia Prison
Great Eastern Highway
WOOROLOO WA 6558
Phone: 9573 3300 Fax: 9573 3350
Visitors Centre
Phone: 9573 3300 (Monday to Thursday,
9 am-12 pm and 12.30 pm-3 pm).
Postal address:
Acacia Prison
Locked Bag 1
WOOROLOO WA 6558
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Prison details
Opened: May 2001
Gender of population: Male
Security level: Medium
Location: 54.6 km east of Perth
About visiting: All visits must be booked through the visitors centre.
Prison details
Albany Regional Prison
Albany Regional Prison is the only maximum-security prison outside Perth. It also
manages medium and minimum-security prisoners and holds several long-term prisoners
originally from other countries.
There is a strong focus on prisoner employment and providing offenders with a variety
of education opportunities. Prisoners have the option to study full time in English and
maths (general education and to tertiary level), art, music and computer tuition.
The prison includes a Drug Detection Unit (DDU) which conducts regular searches of
workshops, cells and living areas and also conducts searches on all visitors. The DDU
operates in conjunction with the Albany Security Unit (ASU) to target high profile
prisoners and visitors, as well as co-ordinating staff to search and swab cells.
In brief
Opened: September 1966
Security level: Maximum, medium and minimum
Location: 8 km west of Albany, 414 km south of Perth
About visiting: Visits must be booked 24 hours in advance.
• Visiting times – Monday to Friday 4 pm-5.30 pm, weekends and public holidays
9 am-11 am and 1 pm-3 pm.
• A maximum of three adults and four children can visit at one time.
• No children can visit on Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday afternoons.
• For public transport information contact Transwa on 136213.
Contact:
Princess Avenue
ALBANY WA 6330
Phone: 9842 4444 Fax: 9842 4496
Visit bookings
Phone: 9842 4466
Postal address
Locked Bag 2
ALBANY WA 6331
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Bandyup Women’s Prison
In brief
Opened: January 1970
Gender of population: Female
Location: 22 km north-east of Perth
About visiting: Visits must be booked through the visitors centre.
• Visiting times – Monday, Wednesday and Friday 1.30 pm-2.30 pm, Monday to
Friday 2.45 pm-3.45pm, 4 pm-5 pm; weekends and public holidays 8.45 am-9.45
am, 10 am-11 am, 1.30 pm-2.30 pm, 2.45 pm-3.45 pm, 4 pm-5 pm.
• Child visits are on Tuesday and Thursday 12.15 pm-2 pm.
• Social video visits must be approved by the prison’s assessments manager.
• A maximum of three adults plus children can attend each visit.
• For public transport information contact Transperth on 136213.
Contact:
95 Middle Swan Road
WEST SWAN WA 6055
Phone: 9374 8700 Fax: 9274 3134
Postal address
PO Box 100
GUILDFORD WA 6935
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Visit bookings
Phone: 9374 8710 (8 am-12 pm and
12.30 pm-4 pm weekdays)
Outcare Visitors Centre
Phone: 9374 8760 (Monday to Friday
9.30 am-5.30 pm and weekends 8.30 am5.30 pm).
Prison details
Bandyup Women’s Prison is the only female prison in Western Australia that caters
for all security classifications. It holds women on remand awaiting a court appearance,
assesses newly-sentenced prisoners and manages women who are completing
sentences.
The prison aims to provide offenders with an environment that encourages respect for
themselves and others, embraces diverse cultural backgrounds and provides the best
opportunities for positive change.
It operates a structured day which applies equal weighting to work, education, personal
development and therapeutic interventions. The structure is designed to contribute to
rehabilitation and reintegration. Staff work closely with Boronia Pre-release Centre to
prepare offenders for a minimum-security environment.
Prison details
Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women manages minimum-security female prisoners
and their children in a community-style setting. It provides meaningful rehabilitation
activities and work placements that address the unique needs of female prisoners and
provides them with practical skills to help them reintegrate into the community when
released.
The community is engaged as an active participant in the centre through a Community
Engagement and Advisory Group (CEAG), volunteer programs and other initiatives.
In partnership with a local not-for-profit organisation, Extra Edge Community Services,
Boronia has a well established women’s choir who sing at local community venues such
as aged-care villages and larger corporate events.
In brief
Opened: May 2004
Gender of population: Female
Security level: Minimum
Location: Bentley, 9 km from Perth
About visiting: Visits must be booked by 9 pm Thursday.
• Visiting times – weekends and public holidays 9.30 am-11.30 am and 1.30 pm3.30 pm.
• A maximum of three adults are allowed at one time per visit plus children.
• Day and overnight visits for children up to the age of 12 years can be organised on
weekends and school holidays (conditions apply).
• Buses 72 and 75 run from the Esplanade Busport and stop outside the prison.
Buses 98 and 99 run from Fremantle Train Station and stop outside the prison.
• For further public transport information contact Transperth on 136213.
Contact:
14-16 Hayman Road
BENTLEY WA 6102
Phone: 9212 3600 Fax: 9212 3515
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Broome Regional Prison
In brief
Opened: February 1945
Gender of population: Male and female
Location: Broome, West Kimberley, 2174 km north of Perth
About visiting: No bookings are required.
• Visiting times – Maximum and medium-security prisoners, daily 1 pm-3 pm.
Minimum-security prisoners – Monday-Friday 2.30-5pm and weekends and public
holidays 12 pm-5 pm.
• Buses run hourly (late October to 30 April) and every 30 minutes (1 May and
mid-October) from Cable Beach Resort. The closest stop to the prison is at the
Mangrove Resort Hotel on Carnarvon Street (behind the prison). For public
transport information contact Transwa on 136213.
Contact:
Hamersley Street
BROOME WA 6725
Phone: 9193 8500 Fax: 9192 1532
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Postal address
PO Box 83
BROOME WA 6725
Prison details
Broome Regional Prison manages male and female prisoners of all security ratings from
across the Kimberley region. It manages a high percentage of Aboriginal prisoners and is
the oldest functioning prison in the State.
Prisoners can access self-development and therapeutic programs, focusing on issues such
as substance use and anger management. A wide variety of education programs are also
offered, ranging from literacy to arts and crafts. Selected prisoners may also attend the
local TAFE College.
Employment for prisoners ranges from supervised community work outside or within
the prison under the Section 95 program, domestic duties and workshop maintenance.
This allows prisoners to be able to give something back to the community while learning
skills in the construction area and gaining accreditation through TAFE.
Prison details
Bunbury Regional Prison
Bunbury Regional Prison is a medium-security prison with a short-term maximum unit
for managing people remanded in custody to appear in court and a minimum-section
adjacent to the main facility.
It is a multifunctional prison that delivers a number of key rehabilitative objectives for the
Department, in that it delivers a suite of re-entry, programming and skill development
and training services for medium and minimum-security prisoners. It is also a key
producer of primary and secondary products for the prison system.
In brief
Opened: February 1971
Security level: Maximum (short-term remand only), medium and minimum
Location: 11km south of Bunbury, 183 km south of Perth
About visiting: Visits must be booked through the visitors booking centre.
• Visiting times, medium-security prison – daily including weekends and public
holidays 9.30 am -11.30 am and 12.45 pm-2.45 pm except Fridays pm visit period;
pre-release unit (minimum) – Saturday to Sunday including public holidays 9.30 am11.30 am and 12.45 pm-2.45 pm.
• A maximum of three adult visitors at one time. Children must be accompanied by
a responsible adult. There are a number of listed adult-only sessions throughout the
week and weekend.
• A prison bus service runs from the Bunbury bus station on Thursdays at 12.15pm
and from the train station at 12.30 pm to the prison and on Fridays to the Prerelease Unit. For public transport information contact Transwa on 136213.
Contact:
Centenary Road
BUNBURY WA 6230
Phone: 9795 2155 Fax: 9795 7191
Postal address
PO Box 444
BUNBURY WA 6231
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Visitors Booking Centre
Phone: 9795 5074 (9.30 am-11.30 am
and 12.30 pm-3.30 pm weekdays).
Prison details
Casuarina Prison
In brief
Opened: June 1991
Location: 34.9 km south of Perth
About visiting: Visits must be booked through the Visits Booking Officer between 8
am-4 pm Monday to Friday only.
• Visiting time – Monday to Friday 4.15 pm-5.25 pm, weekends and public holidays
8.45 am-5 pm.
• A maximum of three adults per visit, plus children.
• A prison bus service runs from Kwinana Bus Station at 3.45 pm on Tuesdays and
Thursdays and at 1 pm on weekends. For public transport information contact
Transperth on 136213.
Contact:
Casuarina Prison
288 Orton Road
CASUARINA WA 6167
Phone: 9411 5333 Fax: 9411 5522
Postal address
Casuarina Prison
Locked Bag No 1
KWINANA WA 6966
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Visits Booking Officer
Phone: 9411 5579
Prison details
Casuarina Prison is the main maximum-security prison for male prisoners in Western
Australia, particularly those serving long terms. The prison replaced the 130-year-old
Fremantle Prison as the State’s main maximum-security prison in 1991. Surrounded
by state-of-the-art security, the prison has a special unit for intensive, high-security
supervision of offenders.
The prison operates a large Health Centre, which receives prisoners from all over the
State requiring specialised care and observation.
It has a variety of workshops where prisoners can learn and gain formal qualifications
in metal fabrication, cabinet making, boot and shoe manufacturing, printing, food
production and concrete products.
The Education and Vocational Training Unit is committed to encouraging prisoner
engagement with eduation and provides links to the community to optimise postrelease employment prospects.
Prison details
Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison
Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison (EGRP) is an integrated minimum-security facility with
short-term capacity to manage higher-security male and female prisoners to allow visits
or court appearances. The prison replaced the Kalgoorlie Regional Prison in 1980.
EGRP focuses on providing prisoners with skills they can utilise both within the prison
and once released into the community. EGRP offers a range of education and practical
courses, all of which concentrate on the development of life skills and providing
prisoners with valuable skills to contribute to the capacity of their communities.
In brief
Opened: 1980
Security level: Minimum (limited capacity to hold maximum and medium)
Location: Kalgoorlie-Boulder, 596 km east of Perth
About visiting: All visits must be booked 24 hours in advance through the visitors
centre.
• Visiting times – minimum-security prisoners: weekends and public holidays 1.30
pm-3 pm (except Christmas Day and Good Friday). Remand prisoners – Monday
to Friday 1.30 pm-3 pm, weekends and public holidays 9.30 am-11.30 am (except
Christmas Day and Good Friday).
• A maximum of three adults per visit, plus children.
• The prison is about 7 km south of the Kalgoorlie-Boulder town centre in Vivian
Street, opposite Norkal Park. For public transport information contact Transwa on
136213.
Contact:
Vivian Street
BOULDER WA 6432
Phone: 9093 5100 Fax: 9093 1056
Postal address
PO Box 434
KALGOORLIE WA 6430
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Visitors Centre
Phone: 9093 5119
Prison details
Greenough Regional Prison
In brief
Opened: October 1984
Security level: Maximum (remand), medium and minimum
Location: 15.6 km south of Geraldton, 420 km north of Perth
About visiting: Visits must be booked 24 hours in advance.
• Visiting times – Monday to Friday 2.45 pm-3.45 pm and 4 pm-5pm,
weekends and public holidays 9.30 am-10.30 am, 10.45 am-11.45am, 1 pm-2
pm and 2.15 pm-3.15 pm.
• A maximum of six people (including children) are allowed per visit.
• A free bus service runs Monday to Friday from the rear of Centrelink in
Geraldton at 2 pm and 3.15 pm and from Caltex Rangeway at 2.15 pm and
3.30 pm. A return service is also available. Seats on the bus must be booked
at the time of booking the visit.
Contact:
Edward Road
NARNGULU WA 6532
Phone: 9923 6500 Fax: 9923 3725
Postal address
PO Box 4108 Rangeway
GERALDTON WA 6531
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Visitors Centre
Phone: 1800 680 807
Prison details
Greenough Regional Prison manages prisoners from throughout the Mid West
region – extending from Exmouth in the north to Moora in the south, and east as
far as Wiluna. The prison manages a high percentage of Aboriginal prisoners and
up to 69 female prisoners. A minimum-security facility at the front of the prison
houses up to 56 male prisoners.
The prison was designed and built as a minimum-security prison in 1984, replacing
Geraldton Prison. It has undergone several upgrades, the most recent being the
new Women’s Precinct which increased capacity by 44 women. Female offenders
have access to an education program and a separate outdoor recreation area
within the precinct.
Prison details
Hakea Prison
Hakea Prison manages prisoners remanded in custody to appear in court or those who
are newly sentenced. Sentenced prisoners are assessed at Hakea before being placed at
other WA prisons.
In 2000, the Canning Vale Prison and the CW Campbell Remand Centre merged to
become Hakea Prison. Canning Vale Prison opened officially in June 1982 and, from
1991, operated as a maximum-security prison until it became Hakea.
The Department’s Emergency Support Group is located in the Hakea complex. This is a
small but highly mobile unit that can respond quickly to any emergency security situation
at any State facility. The Department’s Drug Detection Unit (DDU) is also located in the
Hakea complex. The Unit services all the metropolitan prisons from this base.
In brief
Opened: June 1982
About visiting: Visits must be booked.
• Visiting time – mainstream prisoners 8.30 am-9.30 am, 10 am-11 am, 1 pm-2 pm
and 2.30 pm-3.30pm each day. Protection prisoners 8.30 am-9.30 am Tuesday,
Thursday and Sunday and 10 am-11 am on Wednesday.
• Remand prisoners are entitled to a one hour visit daily.
• Sentenced prisoners are entitled to a one hour visit, twice a week.
• A maximum of three adults and four children are allowed at one time per visit.
• For public transport information contact Transperth on 136213.
Contact:
Hakea Prison
Nicholson Road
Phone: 9366 6333 Fax: 9366 6464
Postal address
Hakea Prison
Locked Bag 111
Visitors Centre
Phone: 9366 6299
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Karnet Prison Farm
Karnet Prison Farm plays a vital role in the prison system, providing work for minimumsecurity prisoners. It produces food including all the milk, meat and eggs for the State’s
public prisons. It also provides citrus fruit, plums, hydroponic lettuce and other fresh
vegetable produce.
The prison is also a pre-release centre which prepares prisoners for release into the
community. To achieve this prisoners are provided with employment, education
and training opportunities in a working prison. Specialist re-entry support services
and targeted programs also ensure prisoners are prepared for release and successful
reintegration.
Opened: March 1963
Location: 16 km from Serpentine, 78.5 km south of Perth
• Visiting times – weekends and public holidays 8.45 am-10.45 am and 1.30 pm-3.30
pm (except Good Friday and Christmas Day).
• A maximum of three adults at one time per visit, plus children.
• A bus service runs at 12.45 pm on the first and third Sunday of each month from
the Armadale Train Station and returns at 4.15pm. Seats must be requested when
the visit booking is made.
Contact:
Karnet Prison Farm
Kingsbury Drive
via SERPENTINE WA 6125
Phone: 9526 3200 Fax: 9525 3061
Postal address:
Karnet Prison Farm
PO Box 22
SERPENTINE WA 6125
Visit bookings
Phone: 9526 3205 (lines open Monday to Thursday
9 am-11 am and 1 pm-3 pm)
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In brief
Prison details
Pardelup Prison Farm
Pardelup Prison Farm is a minimum-security prison. Prisoners are able to work in the
local community and/or on the farm and are involved in meat and vegetable production,
providing support for local community activities and projects, and gaining the skills
necessary for successful reintegration into the community following their release.
Pardelup was originally opened in 1927. In June 2002, it was converted into a work
camp housing up to 20 minimum-security prisoners. The facility reopened as a prison
farm in March 2010 due to the increase in the State’s prison population and to support
the self-sustainability goals of government.
At Pardelup, prisoners are able to participate in self-development programs, focusing
on issues such as substance use and anger management. A wide range of educational
programs are also offered. The focus is on re-entry, preparing prisoners to be
reintegrated into the community and enhancing their employability when released from
custody.
In brief
Opened: 1927
Location: 386 km south-west of Perth
• Visiting times – weekends and public holidays 9 am-2 pm (except Christmas Day
and Good Friday)
• A maximum three adults are allowed at one time per visit plus children.
• No public transport is available to the prison from Mt Barker.
Contact:
Muirs Highway
Mt Barker WA 6324
Phone: 9851 3700 Fax: 9851 3725
Visit bookings
Phone: 9851 3700 (9 am-3 pm Monday to
Thursday)
Postal address
PO Box 56
MT BARKER WA 6324
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Roebourne Regional Prison
In brief
Opened: March 1984
Security level: Medium, minimum and short term maximum
Location: 5.1 km from Roebourne,1572 km north of Perth
• Visiting times – sentenced prisoners – weekends 1.15 pm-3.15 pm. Other times by
application. Remand prisoners 1.30 pm-2.30 pm Monday to Friday, 1.15 pm-3.15
pm on weekends.
• A maximum of three adults at one time per visit, plus children.
• For public transport information contact Transwa on 136213.
Contact:
Sampson Road
ROEBOURNE WA 6718
Phone: 9182 0100 Fax: 9182 0171
(Business Administration)/ 9182 0172
(Operational Administration)
Visitors Centre
Phone: 9182 0100 (Monday to Friday,
10.30 am-11.30 am)
Postal address
PO Box 21
ROEBOURNE WA 6718
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Prison details
Roebourne Regional Prison opened in 1984 after the Old Roebourne Gaol was
closed. The prison manages offenders from the Pilbara and Kimberley regions. A
high percentage of prisoners are Aboriginal offenders from towns and communities
throughout both regions. The prison originally held minimum-security prisoners but was
upgraded to medium-security in 1995.
The prison has led the way in many aspects of corrections in WA, through innovative,
practical and culturally appropriate practices, which are highly regarded internationally.
This includes the development and provision of a Funeral Resource Manual and a
Cultural Awareness Training Manual in addition to the growth of the DECCA skills
training facility and the work towards training programs with mining companies.
Prison details
Wandoo Reintegration Facility
Wandoo Reintegration Facility is a minimum-security prison for young men aged 18 to
24 and is privately managed by Serco Australia. It is the first prison in Western Australia
that caters to the unique needs of this age group and prepares the offenders for release
by providing them with life skills, education and training, and employment opportunities
in partnership with the not-for-profit sector.
In brief
Opened: November 2012
About visiting: All visits by appointment only.
• Visiting times – Saturday and Sunday 9 am-11 am and 1 pm-3 pm.
• The number of visitors per visit is limited to three adults and four children per
resident.
• Wandoo is located 1 km south of the Murdoch Drive and South Street intersection
(behind St John of God Hospital). For public transport information contact
Transperth on 136213.
Contact:
Corner of Bramanti Road and Murdoch Drive
MURDOCH WA 6150
Phone: 9218 7901
Fax: 9313 7621
Postal address
Locked Bag 1
BULLCREEK WA 6558
Visit Bookings
Phone: 9218 7901 (weekdays between 8.30 am and 5 pm)
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West Kimberley Regional Prison
This state-of-the-art facility was opened in the West Kimberley, near Derby, in
November 2012. The prison offers many firsts across Australia, with a design and
operating philosophy premised upon Aboriginal cultures and values as much as possible.
Its philosophy includes recognition and acceptance of cultural, kinship, family and
community responsibilities as well as spiritual connection to land.
West Kimberley Regional Prison (WKRP) is designed to house 120 male and 30 female
prisoners in self-care units. The 20 houses on site accommodate six to seven prisoners
each. In keeping with the prison philosophy, the houses are grouped so that prisoners
can be located according to family ties or language, as well as security rating.
Opened: 1 November 2012
Security level: Minimum, medium and maximum
Location: West Kimberley, 2240 km north of Perth
About visiting: Appointments must be made 24 hours in advance.
• Visiting times – Monday to Friday visit sessions for Special Visits and Remand
prisoners 9 am-11.30 am (except Tuesday) and 1 pm-3.30 pm (with visits approved
by either the Superintendent or delegate). Social visits for all prisoners on Saturday
or Sunday and designated Public Holidays 9 am-11.30 am and 1 pm-3.30 pm.
• A maximum of three adult visitors and a reasonable number of children are
permitted to visit a prisoner, unless prior approval has been granted.
• No public transport is available to the prison.
Contact:
West Kimberley Regional Prison
Lot 500 Derby Highway
DERBY WA 6728
Phone: 9161 6000 Fax: 9161 6161
Postal address
PO Box 350
DERBY WA 6728
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Visit bookings:
9161 6020 (Monday to Friday
9 am-4 pm)
Prison details
In brief
Prison details
Wooroloo Prison Farm
Wooroloo Prison Farm was constructed between 1910 and 1914 and operated as a
sanatorium until the late 1960s. In the early 1970s it became Wooroloo Prison Farm. It
operates as a minimum-security prison.
Approved prisoners are able to work under supervision in the local community and
are involved in re-forestation programs, Department of Environment and Conservation
programs, training at local businesses and general community projects.
The prison’s large industries complex produces goods for the prison system and
for external contracts including prison food, offsetting some of the costs of prisoner
management.
As a re-entry prison, the focus is on facilitating the reintegration of prisoners into the
community upon their release.
In brief
Opened: 1972
Location: 55 km east of Perth
About visiting: Visits must be booked between 10 am-12 pm and 1 pm-3 pm,
Monday to Thursday.
• Visiting times – weekends and public holidays 9.15 am-11.15 am, 1 pm-3 pm.
• A maximum of three adults at one time per visit plus children.
• A prison bus service runs from Midland Train Station on Sundays and public
holidays at 8.30 am and 12 pm. For public transport information contact Transperth
on 136213.
Contact:
Great Eastern Highway
WOOROLOO WA 6558
Phone: 9573 3000 Fax: 9573 1012
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Postal address
PO Box 100
WOOROLOO WA 6558
Visitors Centre
Phone: 9573 3088
Prison services
Prison industries and employment
Prison industries ensure meaningful employment opportunities are provided for
prisoners. These industries replicate, as closely as possible, current community standards.
Prison industries supply diverse products and services for all prisoners in the State’s
public prisons as well as external commercial contracts and charitable organisations.
Prisoners can qualify for gratuity payments by working or participating in constructive
activities in prison. All work skills acquired help prisoners gain employment on release
from custody.
Prisoners working in industries also learn about reward for effort and their work can
contribute to reducing the costs of imprisonment to taxpayers as goods and services
produced are used throughout the prison system.
Prison industries engage in areas of business that help the growth of Western Australian
or regional businesses rather than compromise their viability.
Photo: An offender works on a prison industries project.
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Formal accredited training including traineeships and apprenticeships is available for most
prison industry activity. The Education and Vocational Training Unit assists in providing
off-the-job course components.
Prison services
The Department works within the requirements of the national competition policy
and a code of practice determined by Correctional Industry Business Development in
Australia.
Prison industries
• abattoir – cattle and sheep
• bakeries – bread and cakes
• bootshop – prisoners’ joggers
• cabinet/woodwork – internal works including furniture for prisons and private
contracts
• cleaning services – in prison common areas
• community work – voluntary projects under supervision
• construction and maintenance – structural building and maintenance works
• concrete products – slabs, kerbing and retaining blocks
• dairy herd and milk packaging
• farms – livestock (sheep and cattle) and wool
• gardening – fruit and vegetables
• garments – prisoners’ clothing
• kitchens – meals for prisoners and staff
• laundry services – for prisons and for contracts to mining companies and a hospital
• mechanical services – farming equipment and vehicles
• metal fabrication – internal works and external contracts
• printing services – Department stationery
• textiles and upholstery – internal and external contracts
• vegetable processing – for metropolitan and regional prisons.
Contact:
Prison Industries
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1379 Fax: 9264 1962
Prisoner work camps
Work camps give low-risk, minimum-security prisoners the opportunity to develop
work-ready skills while undertaking valuable work projects in local communities.
The Department’s work camp program aims to re-socialise and reintegrate prisoners
into communities through community and family support.
Each year, prisoners based at the work camps undertake about 100,000 hours of work
in regional communities, repaying the State with about $1.5 million worth of work.
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Prison services
Four prisoner work camps operate across the State, each accommodating between 12
and 40 minimum-security prisoners living in the heart of the Wyndham, Warburton,
Dowerin and Walpole communities. A fifth work camp is being constructed in
Roebourne.
The prisoners do their own cooking and cleaning and establish a routine of work, rest
and recreation – often taking part in community sporting and other activities.
Prisoners participate in community work and activities that add value to community life
and enhance community infrastructure and facilities.
The work must provide benefits to prisoners and the broader community and be work
that would otherwise not be done due to lack of community resources or volunteers.
In addition, work camp prisoners help communities and emergency services personnel in
times of need and natural disaster.
Brochure
• Work camps – real opportunities for communities
Contact:
Manager Work Camps
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1951 Fax: 9264 1962
Photo: The Wheatbelt Work Camp in Dowerin.
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Prison services
Work may include rehabilitation of the environment such as tree planting and salinity
control, and construction and maintenance of community and tourist facilities and
heritage sites such as pioneer cemeteries and historic homesteads.
Prison services
Work camp locations
Wheatbelt Work Camp – Dowerin
Located on the outskirts of Dowerin and is an external facility of Wooroloo Prison
Farm.
P O Box 144
DOWERIN WA 6461
Phone: 9631 1775 Fax: 9631 1776
Roebourne Work Camp – Pilbara
The new purpose built Roebourne Work Camp is expected to open during 2013/14.
For further information contact Roebourne Regional Prison.
Sampson Road
ROEBOURNE WA 6718
Phone: 9182 0100 Fax: 9182 0171 (Business Administration)/ 9182 0172 (Operational
Administration)
Walpole Work Camp – Great Southern
Located outside the town of Walpole and is an external facility of Pardelup Prison Farm.
PO Box 280
WALPOLE WA 6398
Phone: 9840 1411 Fax: 9840 1411
Warburton Work Camp – Goldfields/Esperance
Located in the Shire of Warburton and is an external facility of Eastern Goldfields
Regional Prison.
PO Box 99
WARBURTON WA 6431
Phone: 8954 6058 Fax: 8954 6200
Wyndham Work Camp – East Kimberley
Located outside the town of Wyndham and is an external facility of Broome Regional
Prison.
PO Box 345
WYNDHAM WA 6740
Phone: 9161 2880 Fax: 9161 2881
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Offender Employment and Case Management
Offender Employment and Case Management works to effectively manage offenders’
needs, skills and level of risk to help them with employment opportunities when reentering society.
Offenders are provided with opportunities at every stage of their sentence to engage in
employment activities to help in their rehabilitation plan.
Contact:
Director Case Management and Offender Employment
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1450 Fax: 9264 1962
This portfolio manages Statewide custodial policy, planning, performance reporting and
continuous improvement initiatives. It is aimed at making a positive difference to the
lives of offenders while in custody with the aim of reducing reoffending and improving
community safety.
Contact:
Manager Policy Planning and Project Management
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 6121 Fax: 9264 1962
Aboriginal Visitors Scheme
The Aboriginal Visitors Scheme (AVS) provides support and counselling for Aboriginal
people in prisons, youth detention centres and police lock-ups throughout Western
Australia.
Visitors are Aboriginal people committed to assisting and supporting detainees and
prisoners in their local areas. They are employed on a casual, rostered basis but can be
available to assist in an emergency.
The aim of the scheme is to:
• ensure means are provided for reducing the likelihood of deaths and/or self-harm
• help improve the conditions of those in custody through consultation and provision
of advice and information to decision makers
• inform Aboriginal community groups on conditions under which people are held in
custody.
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Detainees and prisoners may see visitors during their rostered visits or at other times
if necessary. Families of those in custody can contact the scheme directly if they are
concerned about a relative in custody. Visitors cannot help with money, legal or medical
matters except to make referrals to relevant agencies when appropriate to do so.
Fact sheet
• Aboriginal Visitors Scheme
Contact:
Aboriginal Visitors Scheme
4 Salford Street
VICTORIA PARK WA 6100
Phone: 6254 8600 Fax: 6254 8622
Freecall: 1800 282 429
On-call officer: 0419 906 771 (24 hours)
Regional offices
Albany
Phone: 9841 3308 Fax: 9842 5583
Broome
Phone: 9193 7103 Fax: 9192 3696
Bunbury
Phone: 9791 6366 Fax: 9791 6243
Carnarvon
Phone: 9941 3100 Fax: 9941 4555
Geraldton
Phone: 9921 3255 Fax: 9921 3244
Kalgoorlie
Phone: 9091 4006 Fax: 9091 8467
Roebourne
Phone: 9182 1013 Fax: 9182 1532
As regional offices are not staffed on a full-time basis, please phone the Perth office if
assistance in those areas is required.
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Prisoner Education and Training
The Department aims to provide meaningful, practical and realistic rehabilitation for all
offenders. The Education and Vocational Training Unit (EVTU) promotes transformative
education – a learning experience that engages, motivates and supports offenders so
they can acquire the knowledge and skills to change their lives. This is done using:
• qualified teachers and trainers
• a nationally accredited curriculum
• an innovative through-care approach.
Education and training in prisons is designed to boost employment opportunities for
offenders leaving prison. Education programs aim to increase offenders’ literacy and
numeracy skills, enable prisoners to gain skills more relevant to the workforce and
provide support during offenders’ transition from prison to the community.
Offenders are encouraged to participate in a wide range of education and vocational
training programs while they are in custody. Programs are managed by the EVTU and
aim to help offenders secure employment while in prison and following their release.
These programs are available to all prisons through internal and external service
providers, including TAFE and other colleges. The programs range from adult basic
education, driver education, vocational skills and employability skills through to
traineeships and apprenticeships.
Qualifications are nationally recognised and courses started in prison can be continued
in the community after an offender is released.
Career and Employment Services (CES)
The Department provides Career and Employment Services (CES) to support offenders
and ex-offenders into sustainable employment options.
These include, but are not limited to, career and employer expos, career counselling,
job preparedness skills, employability skills and post-placement support. The Prisoner
Employment Program (PEP) is one such strategy to assist in sustainable employment
options.
Contact:
Education and Vocational Training Unit
4 Welshpool Road
EAST VICTORIA PARK WA 6101
Phone: 6250 9200 Fax: 9470 4276
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Education programs
Prison services
Treatment programs (custodial)
The Department provides offence-specific rehabilitation services for prisoners who are
assessed as moderate and high risk of reoffending in the community.
Programs
Offender Services provides group programs to help adult offenders in prisons address
offence specific behaviour. Treatment programs cover:
• addictions offending
• violent offending (including domestic violence)
• sexual offending
• general offending
• cognitive skills.
All interventions offered to offenders are delivered in a group format and programs are
delivered according to assessed demand.
Programs have been developed in Western Australia or sourced from other
jurisdictions/countries and target the treatment needs related to reoffending. Clinical
supervision of staff is provided to ensure program integrity. The needs of specific groups
such as Aboriginal offenders, women and offenders of low intellectual functioning are
also considered and addressed through specialised programs.
The Department’s Clinical Governance Unit is responsible for developing offender
programs and standards, and monitors offender program delivery (see page 55).
Completion of treatment programs is an important factor when a prisoner is considered
for release by the Prisoners Review Board (see page 107). The programs also assist
the transition of prisoners back into the community and reduce the risk of reoffending.
Programs are also available to offenders in the community subject to community-based
orders (see page 63).
Brochures
• Change and Emotions – a 10-day program that addresses motivation to change,
goal setting and explores emotional issues
• Family and Domestic Violence – addresses family violence and spousal abuse
Both are available in two versions – for staff and for offenders.
Contact:
Director Programs
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 6127 Fax: 9264 6439
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Drug management
Clinical Governance Unit
The Clinical Governance Unit (CGU) is responsible for developing offender programs
and standards and the monitoring of offender services.
This includes maintaining and reviewing the framework in which the Department’s
rehabilitation programs and interventions are evaluated. The unit also conducts clinical
evaluations and undertakes clinical research.
The aim of the CGU is to ensure standards are developed, monitored and adhered to
in the areas of:
•
treatment program delivery
•
suicide prevention
•
disability services
•
culturally and linguistically diverse people
•
counselling and support services
•
research and evaluation of programs.
Contact:
Clinical Governance Unit
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 6268 Fax: 9264 6439
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A comprehensive program to reduce drug use, associated harms and reoffending is
available to young people and adult offenders in custody and in the community. It
includes reducing the supply of drugs entering the prison environment assisted by
drug testing, the Drug Detection Unit (DDU) and a range of security and Intelligence
strategies.
The program also involves reducing the demand for drugs within the offender
population by delivering a range of services and programs including brief interventions,
Drug and Alcohol Through-care Service (DATS), a comprehensive pharmacotherapy
program delivered by Health Services and other intensive therapeutic programs. Gender
and culturally-specific interventions are also delivered by internal and external service
providers.
Contact:
Drug Strategy
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1110 Fax: 9264 6349
Prison services
Disability Services
Disability Services focuses on providing consultancy services that support Department
case officers and external agency representatives who work with prisoners with
intellectual disabilities, acquired brain damage, dementia or cognitive impairment.
It provides advice to staff and prisoners relating to services and policies for people with
these disabilities.
Contact:
Disability Services Coordinator
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1569 or 9264 6272 Fax: 9264 1740
Art programs
Art is one of many education and rehabilitation programs offered in prison. Prisoners
are offered accredited art studies from entry level through to tertiary level.
Artworks are completed as individual pieces or as a group, which often involves
prisoners producing public art pieces such as murals. Artwork can be in many mediums
such as painting, drawing or sculpture and also includes creative writing, music and
performance.
Contact:
Arts Coordinator
Educational and Vocational Training Unit
4 Welshpool Road
Phone: 6250 9221 Fax: 9470 4276
Prisoner art gallery
The Prisoner Art Gallery in the Fremantle Prison showcases and sells artworks of
current and ex-prisoners of Western Australia.
The twice-yearly exhibition provides insight into how programs are delivered and how
they can help prisoners with the transition from custody into the community.
Gallery hours are 9 am-5 pm daily and admission is free.
The Prisoner Art Gallery is a joint initiative between the Department of Corrective
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Services and the Department of Finance - Building Management and Works, which
manages the site.
Contact:
Prisoner Art Gallery
Fremantle Prison
1 The Terrace
FREMANTLE WA 6160
Phone: 9336 9200
Chaplain services
Prisoner health and welfare
New prisoners are assessed to determine their security rating, placement, treatment
programs, educational and vocational needs and health requirements.
Health Services
The Health Services Directorate is a nationally-accredited health service which provides
a comprehensive range of primary health care services comparable with general
community standards and according to the needs of patients.
Health Services delivers its services to patients in custody in various categories, including
chronic disease, infectious disease, co-morbidity (multiple illnesses in one person) and
acute care.
Health Services provides support to adults and young people as they enter custody,
as well as education and health awareness programs throughout their custody to
encourage them to improve their health skills.
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Chaplains are available in all prisons to offer religious, moral and spiritual support to
prisoners as required. They provide ongoing support to prisoners on personal and family
issues and encourage them to become morally self-sufficient and positive community
members.
The chaplains conduct weekly religious services for prisoners and can provide religious
items and arrange visits by representatives of all faiths.
Contact:
Prison Chaplain Service
Nicholson Road
Phone: 9366 6393
Prison services
Contact:
Health Services
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1360 Fax: 9264 1583
Counselling and Support Services
The Department provides services and programs to support offenders’ emotional and
physical wellbeing. A counselling service, prison support officers and a number of suicide
prevention strategies all address prisoner health and safety and identify and support
those who may be at risk of self-harm or suicide.
Prison Counselling Service
The Prison Counselling Service is available to offenders in Western Australian prisons.
A team of social workers and psychologists work alongside health and program staff to
help prisoners deal with difficulties they might experience while in custody.
Prison support officers
Prison support officers are located at various prisons in the State. They are paid
employees who manage a team of peer support offenders within the prison. These
offenders provide assistance to new arrivals and any other offenders having difficulties.
Prison support officers work closely with, and take direct referrals from, prison officers,
nursing staff and the Prison Counselling Service. They also refer offenders to other
service providers. The peer support team of offenders reflects the population of the
prison and provides culturally-appropriate advice to staff.
Contact:
Director Assessment, Counselling and Support
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 6438 Fax: 9264 6439
Suicide prevention
The Department’s approach to preventing deaths in custody incorporates a wide range
of initiatives, support services, monitoring strategies and people.
However, suicide has complex motivations and even with progressive preventive
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measures and structured practices to respond to vulnerable prisoners, it may still be
triggered in a stressful situation.
A comprehensive suicide prevention strategy for prisoners is in place and actively
managed.
Contact:
Suicide Prevention and Clinical Governance Manager
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1002 Fax: 9262 3345
Cultural Consultancy Project
In addition, the project aims to improve the cultural competence of workers within
prisons.
Contact:
Cross Cultural Consultant
Perth WA 6000
Tel: 9264 9609 Fax: 9262 3345
Sentence management
Leave for Prisoners
The Department offers leave options to prisoners after they have been through a
comprehensive assessment process.
Reintegration leave (formerly Home leave)
The Reintegration Leave program enables long-term, minimum-security prisoners to
leave the prison under the supervision of an approved sponsor for set periods of time.
This leave enables prisoners to re-establish family and community relationships. As an
incentive for work camp participation, a greater rate of leave is provided for prisoners
located in a work camp than for those placed at a prison.
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This project was initiated to develop culturally specific approaches to reducing suicide
and self harm risk in prisons and is now an ongoing program. Originally having a
sole focus upon Aboriginal prisoners, this has been broadened to develop specific
approaches for prisoners who are from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD)
populations.
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Prisoner Employment Program
The Prisoner Employment Program (PEP) provides suitably assessed, minimumsecurity prisoners with the opportunity to engage in meaningful and sustainable paid
employment, work experience, seeking employment activities and vocational training in
the community. Absence permits allow prisoners to access the PEP for the purposes of
rehabilitation and reintegration in anticipation of their release.
Attendance at funerals and visiting dangerously ill person/s
Any prisoner may apply to leave the prison on compassionate grounds. This includes
attending a funeral or visiting a dangerously ill person who has only been given a short
time to live. A prisoner is always accompanied by an officer on such leave.
The significance of the relationship between the prisoner and the deceased or
dangerously ill person is a major consideration in whether the application is approved.
Security, logistics, cost of the escort and victim issues are also considered.
Contact:
Sentence Management Directorate
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1942 Fax: 9264 1740
Support for visitors
Support for visitors and families of prisoners is available at all metropolitan prisons and
some regional prisons. Family support centres are operated by independent, non-profit
organisations contracted by the Department to provide various support services.
Before visiting a prisoner at a prison with a family support centre, you must first check in
at the centre. Refer to the specific prison for their visitors centre contact number.
Services offered at the centres include:
• welfare
• child-care and holiday activities
• toilets
• tea and coffee facilities
• lockers to secure personal possessions. Information available
Fact sheets
• Aboriginal Visitors Scheme (see page 51)
• Improved security for staff and visitors at Western Australian prisons
• Information for visitors to prisons
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Community Corrections
Adult Community Corrections
The Department is responsible for managing about 4,500 adult offenders serving a
supervised order in the community. A range of sentencing and release options apply
to adult offenders in the community – from community-based orders and conditional
suspended imprisonment to home detention, bail and parole.
Bail information
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Bail is the term used when someone promises they will appear in court when they have
been told to, without being kept in prison.
Offenders may be given bail after being arrested and are waiting to go to court because
of an offence. Bail may also be given if someone is found guilty of an offence and is
waiting to be sentenced.
Bail is usually given to people who are not considered to be a risk if they stay in the
community, but they may need to follow rules or conditions.
These conditions may include:
• not committing any further offences
• meeting regularly with community corrections officers
• allowing community corrections officers to come into their house or workplace
• following the directions from community corrections officers
• going to treatment programs, such as drug and alcohol rehabilitation or domestic
violence programs
• being banned from doing certain things, such as drinking alcohol and taking drugs
• having urine tests
• being kept at home and monitored by electronic equipment.
What happens on bail?
A person who is on bail may stay in the community as long as they follow the rules or
conditions which have been set. They may be able to live at their usual house and work
in the same job. However, they may have to live at a place where they can be closely
supervised.
If a person has been convicted of a crime but is not considered to be a risk to the
community they might stay on bail while the Department prepares a pre-sentence
report for the court.
This report contains information on any crimes the person has committed in the past
and their links to the community, including their job, their family and where they live.
The court can then decide what penalty is most suitable.
If a person is charged with a domestic violence offence, or for actions caused by
substance abuse, they may be bailed to appear in a specialist court. These special courts
ensure offenders go into treatment programs before they are sentenced. In many cases,
if the offender does everything needed to complete the program, they may get a lesser
sentence. The offender will be closely managed by a community corrections officer
while they are enrolled in the treatment program.
Breach of bail conditions
If the offender does not follow the rules of their bail it could be cancelled and they
may have to go back to court. The court may grant bail again, which could mean the
offender has to adhere to more conditions, or they may be sent to prison.
Contact:
Community and Youth Justice Services
Central Law Courts branch
Level 4, 501 Hay Street
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9425 2385 Fax: 9425 2746
Community and Youth Justice (CYJ) Services Bail Unit
CYJ bail coordinators service the metropolitan courts and identify accused people
appearing before the courts who may encounter difficulties in meeting their bail
conditions as set by the court (such as surety, accommodation and verifying information
in relation to the accused).
They provide appropriate assistance to help the accused meet the conditions of bail at
the court in a timely manner.
With the consolidation of bail services in the metropolitan area, the CYJ Bail Unit also
monitors and provides help to prisoners in custody with bail conditions. The CYJ Bail
Unit provides a phone support service to all prison staff to help with the facilitation of
bail.
Contact:
CYJ Bail Unit
Central Law Courts
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9425 2378 Fax: 9425 2746
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Court orders and sentencing options
Intellectual Disability Diversion Program (IDDP)
Adult offenders with intellectual disabilities, acquired brain damage or cognitive
impairment may be eligible to have their Magistrate Court charges diverted from the
mainstream court process through the Intellectual Disability Diversion Program.
Contact:
Intellectual Disability Diversion Program (IDDP)
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9425 2140 Fax: 9425 2557
Community work
Community work allows both adult and young people to repay the community for their
crimes, saving taxpayers’ money and allowing the offender to develop new skills to help
them better reintegrate into society. The estimated value of unpaid work undertaken by
offenders on community work is about $3 million every year.
Repay WA community service work is undertaken by offenders who are subject to
court, early release or work and development orders.
Community Work Management Unit
The Community Work Management Unit co-ordinates the Repay WA community
service work project partnership scheme. The unit manages large-scale supervised
offender community work projects.
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The courts may impose community orders when sentencing an adult offender.
Community orders provide offenders with an opportunity to undergo treatment or
take part in educational, vocational or personal development programs. In some cases, a
community order may involve a requirement to perform community service.
A community order means an offender can stay with their family and friends, continue
in their current job or continue to look for work. Their lives can continue as normally as
possible while they meet the terms of the order.
A community corrections officer manages the order and ensures the offender is
meeting all the conditions imposed by the court.
If the order is breached, by non-compliance or by committing another offence, the
matter is returned to the court for re-sentencing.
It organises resources and offers operational support and advice to Community
Corrections and Youth Justice Services branches.
The unit continually seeks new project partners. Interested agencies can contact the unit
or download an application form online at www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au or email
[email protected].
Contact:
Community Work Management Unit
Riverbank
130 Hamersley Road
CAVERSHAM 6055
Phone: 9379 2966 Fax: 9379 2557
Repay WA
The Department’s Repay WA initiative is an innovative scheme that allows eligible
offenders to repay their debt to society through supervised community work projects.
About 350 community work projects operate in WA at any one time.
Participants may be adults or young people, male or female, employed or unemployed
and from a range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Some are first-time offenders,
others are repeat offenders who have committed minor crimes and some are people
unable to pay fines.
Others may be prisoners nearing the end of long-term prison sentences on an early
release scheme to support their transition back into the community.
Adult offenders on community work may be subject to work and development orders,
community-based orders, intensive supervision orders or early release orders.
Community work projects may include graffiti and vandalism clean-ups, gardening and
general grounds maintenance, painting, cleaning, recycling projects, sorting clothes,
kitchen duties and basic administration.
They may also involve specific heritage restoration or environmental projects. Offenders
have also repaired bicycles, constructed wooden toys and knitted rugs for charities that
assist disadvantaged children, families and the elderly.
Through Repay WA, local government, community groups and not-for-profit
organisations around the State have an opportunity to undertake projects that may not
otherwise be feasible.
It must not be work which would normally be completed by paid employees under a
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commercial agreement, and community organisations must not make any direct financial
gain as a result of the project work.
The Department welcomes new partnerships with community organisations to provide
meaningful work opportunities for offenders and to support community-based projects.
Contact:
Repay WA
Riverbank, 130 Hamersley Road
CAVERSHAM WA 6055
Phone: 9379 2966 Fax: 9379 2557
A work and development order is the last option before imprisonment for not paying
a fine. If the State’s Sheriff is satisfied that no goods or land can be seized from a fine
defaulter, they will issue an order to attend for work and development at a community
corrections centre.
A number of conditions must be met before an unpaid fine is converted and issued to a
work and development order:
•
A fine must have been imposed by a court and referred to the Fines Enforcement
Registry for enforcement as a result of not being paid.
• The offender does not have a motor vehicle driver’s licence or vehicle registration
to suspend.
• The Sheriff is unable to seize goods or property from the offender and has issued
an order to attend for work and development.
The order requires:
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•
•
six hours of work for each $300 not paid, or part thereof
a minimum of 12 hours per week, if more than 12 hours’ work is required,
payout of the balance of a fine during a work order. The balance must be paid in
full as stated in the payout letter from the relevant community corrections centre.
Failure to complete the required hours of work may result in cancellation of the order
and imprisonment to serve the balance of the unpaid fine in default.
The court can convert fines to a work and development order when imposing a
sentence if certain criteria are satisfied.
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Work and development order (for fine defaulters)
Pre-sentence order
A pre-sentence order gives offenders facing a term of imprisonment the opportunity
to address their offending behaviour before sentencing. A pre-sentence report must
be provided to the court by community corrections if a pre-sentence order is being
considered. Sentencing may be adjourned for up to two years and the court may order
the offender to reappear for a performance report.
Standard conditions apply on a pre-sentence order that require the offender to:
•
•
report to a community corrections centre within 72 hours of sentencing
notify a community corrections officer or the court within two working days of any
change of address or employment
• not leave the State without the permission of the Department or the court
• comply with the conditions of the order.
At least one of the following primary requirements must be included:
• Supervision
The requirements are similar to the community-based order detailed below
• Program
The requirements are similar to the community-based order
• Curfew
The requirements are similar to the intensive supervision order (see next page).
Community-based order
Under a community-based order an offender may be supervised for at least six months
but no longer than 24 months.
When a community-based order is issued, the offender must:
•
report to a community corrections centre within 72 hours of the sentence being
handed down
• notify a community corrections officer of any change of address or employment
• not leave the State without the permission of the Department
• comply with the court order.
There are three primary requirements of a community-based order. A court must
include at least one, but may include all or some, as it chooses. They are:
• Supervision
An offender must contact a community correction officer as directed or receive visits
from a community corrections officer for regular monitoring and counselling.
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• Program
Personal factors contributing to an offender’s criminal behaviour are assessed to give
them an opportunity to address them through appropriate treatment or an educational,
vocational or personal development program. The offender may be required to live
elsewhere during an assessment and treatment program.
• Community service
An offender may be ordered to perform between 10 and 120 hours of unpaid
community work. At least 12 hours must be worked each week unless fewer hours are
ordered.
If there is no supervision requirement the order expires once the program and/or
community service requirements are complete.
An intensive supervision order is similar to a community-based order yet requires a presentence report to be provided to the court.
When an intensive supervision order is issued the offender must:
•
report to a community corrections centre within 72 hours of the sentence being
handed down
• not change address or place of employment without prior permission of a
community corrections officer
• not leave the State without the permission of the Department
• comply with the court order.
Supervision is compulsory for those on an intensive supervision order. The court can
also impose any or all of the primary requirements:
• Program
The requirements are similar to the community-based order (see previous page).
• Community service
A minimum of 40 hours and a maximum of 240 hours of unpaid community work may
be imposed.
• Curfew
A curfew may be imposed for up to six months to restrict the movement of an offender
during periods when they are considered to be at high risk of reoffending. A curfew may
be for between two and 12 hours in any one day and the offender may be subject to
electronic monitoring at the direction of a community corrections officer.
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Intensive supervision order
Conditional suspended imprisonment
Conditional suspended imprisonment is the highest supervised order in the sentencing
hierarchy and can only be imposed by certain courts. A prison term of up to 60 months
may be suspended for up to 24 months with conditions.
The standard conditions and primary requirements are the same as those for presentence orders (see page 66). If the offender breaches the order, the matter returns to
the court for re-sentencing.
If there is no supervision requirement, once the program and curfew requirements are
deemed complete by a community corrections officer, the standard conditions apply
until the suspended term has ended.
Contact:
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1711 Fax: 9264 6117
Dangerous Sexual Offenders
A Dangerous Sexual Offender (DSO) is an offender who has had an application made
by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to the Supreme Court and
the Supreme Court has found the offender to present an ‘unacceptable risk to the
community’ and subsequently placed the offender on either a Supervision or Detention
Order under the Dangerous Sexual Offenders Act 2006.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Legislative changes to amend the Dangerous Sexual Offenders Act 2006 came into effect
on 1 February 2013 and allow for the Department of Corrective Services to introduce
electronic monitoring by GPS tracking, as another monitoring tool for DSOs released on
supervision orders.
Electronic monitoring officers (EMOs) will be responsible for the monitoring and
tracking of offenders subject to GPS. A Central Monitoring Station will be used for
tracking and recording offender movements and curfews 24 hours a day, seven days a
week.
GPS policies and procedures have been developed and include clear directions about
the management of offenders subject to GPS monitoring and the required response for
GPS alerts.
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Contact:
GPS Project Manager
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1064
Public Protection Unit
Offender rehabilitation
The Department provides offence-specific rehabilitation services for offenders in prison
and in the community that are assessed as moderate and high risk of reoffending in the
community.
Programs
Offender Services provides group programs to help adult offenders in prisons and the
community address offence specific behaviour. Treatment programs cover:
• addictions offending
• violent offending (including domestic violence)
• sexual offending
• general offending; and
• cognitive skills.
All interventions offered to offenders are delivered in a group format. Programs are
delivered according to assessed demand. Community based offenders are directed
to programs by the courts, the Prisoners Review Board or referrals are made by
community corrections officers who assess them for treatment intervention.
Programs have been developed in WA or sourced from other jurisdictions/countries
and target the treatment needs related to reoffending. Clinical supervision of staff is
provided to ensure program integrity. The needs of specific groups such as Aboriginal
offenders, women and offenders of low intellectual functioning are also considered and
addressed through certain programs.
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A Public Protection Unit (PPU) has been created to centralise the co-ordination of the
case management of dangerous and high risk offenders in custody and the community.
Contact:
PPU Manager
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1646
A number of domestic violence programs are provided throughout the State by
contracted agencies. Programs are delivered to offenders that are referred by Family
Violence courts and Adult Community Corrections Centres. The Barndimalgu Family
Violence Court is the only Indigenous-specific court diversion with the Indigenous Family
Violence Program offered to targetted offenders.
Other violent offending programs are also accessed by prisoners across the State.
The Department’s Clinical Governance Unit is responsible for developing offender
programs and standards, and monitors offender program delivery(see page 55).
Brochures
• Change and Emotions – a 10-day program that addresses motivation to change,
goal setting and explores emotional issues
• Family and Domestic Violence – addresses family violence and spousal abuse
Both are available in two versions – for community corrections officers and for
offenders.
Contact:
Director Programs
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 6127 Fax: 9264 6439
Family Violence Court (FVC)
Specialised family violence courts (FVC) operate in Perth’s six Magistrates Courts –
Joondalup, Rockingham, Fremantle, Armadale, Midland and Perth Central Law Courts.
This diversionary court is set up in a multi-agency, holistic way, very similar to CATS
(see next page).
Family violence courts aim to break the cycle of family violence by providing the option
of programs to address the offender’s violent behaviour before sentencing.
These programs help reduce the causes and effects of family violence, producing the
best outcomes for victims.
The court process operates on a collaborative case management model involving the
Department of Corrective Services, Department of the Attorney General, Western
Australian Police (WAPOL) and Department for Child Protection (DCP).
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Joondalup Family Violence Court
21 Reid Promenade
JOONDALUP WA 6027
Phone: 9400 0700 Fax: 9300 2005
Rockingham Family Violence Court
Whitfield Street
ROCKINGHAM WA 6168
Phone: 9425 4018 Fax: 9527 9280
Perth Family Violence Court
Perth Central Law Courts
501 Hay Street
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9425 2459 Fax: 9425 2465
Armadale Family Violence Court
Armadale Court House
109 Jull Street
ARMADALE WA 6112
Phone: 9399 0722 Fax: 9497 1488
Barndimalgu Aboriginal Family and
Domestic Violence Court
Geraldton Court House
Marine Terrace
GERALDTON WA 6530
Phone: 9964 3722 Fax: 9964 1864
Court Assessment and Treatment Service (CATS)
The Court Assessment and Treatment Service (CATS) directly supports the operation
of the multi-agency Perth Drug Court located within the Perth Magistrates Court.
On referral from the Drug Court Magistrate, CATS prepares specialist pre-sentence
assessment reports to help the court determine the suitability of offenders for inclusion
in a Drug Court program (participation is voluntary).
Once an offender is offered a program they are case managed by CATS which reports
the offender’s progress back to the Drug Court.
The case management is intensive and comprehensive. It includes referral to, and
ongoing liaison with, a broad range of specialist alcohol and other drug treatment and
support service providers which are integral to the holistic and therapeutic ethos of the
Drug Court.
Participants are subject to monitoring and supervision by CATS, which includes regular
drug screen urine testing and supervision. They are also subject to protective conditional
bail, with some of the bail conditions supervised by police.
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Fremantle Family Violence Court
8 Holdsworth Street
FREMANTLE WA 6160
Phone: 9431 0324 Fax: 9335 9783
Midland Family Violence Court
Midland Court House
24 Spring Park Road
MIDLAND WA 6056
Phone: 9250 0229 Fax: 9274 6676
All Drug Court programs are overseen by judicial case management which is directly
supported by CATS, prosecution, defence counsel and treatment and support services.
The collaboration includes out-of-court case management meetings that precede open
court sittings.
As well as case management of Drug Court program participants, the CATS team
directly case manages offenders through the Metropolitan Supervised Treatment
Intervention Regime (STIR) program, however this process is only conducted in open
court.
Online
• More information about the WA Drug Court is available online at
www.dotag.wa.gov.au. Other limited information is available online at
Contact:
Court Assessment and Treatment Service (CATS)
Level 4, 30 Moore Street
EAST PERTH WA 6004
Phone: 9230 2100 Fax: 9230 2101
Release from prison
There are a number of ways in which an offender can be released into the community
when completing a prison sentence. Not all prisoners are eligible for these orders and
eligibility is based on individual assessment.
Parole
Parole is a conditional release for eligible prisoners who have served the non-parole
custodial part of their sentence. It means offenders can serve the remainder of their
sentence in the community under the supervision of a community corrections officer.
The Prisoners Review Board makes all release decisions for prisoners serving short-term
sentences or parole terms with eligibility set by the court. The board has authority to
defer or deny parole and can also cancel an offender’s order resulting in their return to
prison if parole conditions are breached. Prisoners serving life, indefinite imprisonment
or strict custody are only eligible for release to parole with the approval of the
Governor of Western Australia (see also Release Boards, page 107).
Parole orders include conditions such as instructing parolees when to report, and stating
they must not leave the State or change address or employment without the permission
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Community sector support services
The Non-Government Agreements Branch administers and manages service agreements
with the not-for-profit (NFP) sector across the State. These agreements help people
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of a community corrections officer. The board can order a parolee to undertake such
things as counselling, drug or alcohol treatment or to stay away from the victim of their
offence.
Parole (short term)
Parole (short term) applies to prisoners serving sentences of up to 12 months. Specific
conditions can be attached to support community safety or individual offending-related
factors.
Re-entry release order
Re-entry release is available to prisoners who meet all the following criteria:
• sentenced on or after 28 January 2007
• not eligible for parole
• not serving a life or indefinite prison term
• have spent at least 12 months in custody and are within six months of their release
date.
The Prisoners Review Board must consider long-term community safety when making
release decisions.
Offenders must perform between six and 18 hours of community work each week,
depending on their circumstances. Under strict supervision, they must also engage in
employment, vocational training or work for a charitable or voluntary organisation.
Prisoners sentenced before 28 January 2007 and serving fixed-term sentences with
parole eligibility remain eligible for a re-entry release order.
Publications (available online)
• Adult offender statistical reports (weekly offender statistics)
• Changes to parole in Western Australia: Information for prisoners and early
discharge
• Community re-entry program for prisoners
• Deferral (adjournment) of sentencing and pre-sentence orders
• Pre-sentence report
• Suspended imprisonment
Files
• See page 8 for information about files for adult offenders on supervised community
orders.
exiting custodial facilities to integrate into the community, as well as those offenders serving
community-based orders. Services include family centres, re-entry services, transitional
accommodation services and parenting advice, as well as youth diversion and bail options.
Prison-based services
Community Re-entry Coordination Service (Re-entry Link)
The Community Re-entry Coordination Service (Re-entry Link) provides support to
prisoners and their families and helps offenders with re-entry into the community. Contact
with offenders and their families is voluntary.
Re-entry Link is run by non-government support agencies contracted by the Department,
inside prisons and in the community. It helps prisoners plan for their release and to settle
back into the community. It operates in prisons and work camps across the State.
To access the program prisoners must contact the service through the prison-based
transitional manager, education officer or unit manager. The service is available six months
prior to release and 12 months after release.
The service encourages offenders to adopt law-abiding lifestyles by implementing and
maintaining services within prisons, work camps and in the community.
The service offers support to remand prisoners, life skills information sessions, transition
planning and support along with post release support.
Brochures
• Just arrived? Need help?
• Getting out soon? Need help?
Contact:
Manager Non-Government Agreements
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1339 Fax: 9485 1160
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Service providers for Re-entry Link
Goldfields
Centrecare Goldfields
Phone: 9080 0333 Fax: 9080 0399
Great Southern
Regional Counselling and Mentoring
Service
Phone: 9842 9699 Fax: 9841 3777
Kimberley
Phone: 9192 2767 Fax: 9192 2743
Metropolitan (for men)
Outcare
Phone: 6263 8622 Fax: 6263 8611
Mid West
Geraldton Resource Centre
Phone: 9938 0600 Fax: 9964 3439
Pilbara
KMD Aboriginal Corporation
Phone: 9182 1195 Fax: 9182 1329
South West Region
Accordwest
Phone: 9791 3213 Fax: 9791 3287
Transport Options Programs (TOP)
The Transport Options Program (TOP) provides transport to prisoners released from
prison or a work camp who find it difficult to find transport to return to their homes in
remote locations.
TOP operates in the Pilbara, East Kimberley, West Kimberley, Murchison, Gascoyne and
Goldfields regions.
A TOP policy is in place to ensure prisoners are fit to travel and all vehicle and safety
requirements are met. This service can be accessed by contacting the transitional
manager at the relevant prison.
Contact:
Manager Non-Government Agreements
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1339 Fax: 9485 1160
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Men’s Outreach Service
Metropolitan (for women)
Ruah Community Services (head office)
Phone: 9485 3939 Fax: 9481 0808
Ruah Women’s Support Service
Phone: 9228 1800 Fax: 9227 7879
Service Providers for TOP
East Kimberley
Ngnowar Aerwah Aboriginal Corporation
Phone: 9161 1496 Fax: 9161 1510
Goldfields
Centrecare Goldfields
Phone: 9091 6899 Fax: 9091 6799
Kimberley
Men’s Outreach Service
Phone: 9192 2767 Fax: 9192 2743
Mid West
Phone: 9938 0600 Fax: 9964 3439
Pilbara
KMD Aboriginal Corporation
Phone: 9182 1195 Fax: 9182 1329
Transitional Accommodation Support Service (TASS)
A service that provides a limited number of accommodation placements in the
community is available for offenders leaving custody, for up to six months. The
Department funds community agencies to deliver support services under the
Transitional Accommodation Support Service (TASS) program. To be accepted
offenders must be willing to have a case work officer assigned to them from one of the
agencies and to work with them throughout their tenancy.
While housed in transitional accommodation, ex-prisoners are supported to:
• maintain their tenancy by managing rent payments and other outgoings, maintain
the property to appropriate standards and manage the behaviour of occupants and
visitors
• comply with community release orders, education and vocational training courses,
employment placements or recreational activities
• develop and maintain skills to increase social and community support networks
• where possible, increase social networks by developing and maintaining appropriate
relationships with friends and family
• increase support networks by engaging local government agencies, community
services and local community activities
• acquire permanent accommodation by the end of the transitional period and
successfully integrate into the community.
Brochure
• Are you worried about where you will live when you leave prison?
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Contact:
TASS Coordinator
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 9766 Fax: 9485 1160
Service Providers for TASS
Regional Counselling and Mentoring
Service
Phone: 9842 9699 Fax: 9841 3777
Metropolitan (for men)
Centrecare
Phone: 9325 6644 Fax: 9498 9222
Metropolitan (for women)
Ruah Community Services (head office)
Phone: 9485 3939 Fax: 9481 0808
Ruah Women’s Support Services
Phone: 9228 1800 Fax: 9227 7879
Mid West
Phone: 9938 0600 Fax: 9964 3439
South West
Accordwest
Phone: 9791 3213 Fax: 9791 3287
Offender Services – Contracted Programs and Services
Offender Services is responsible for the delivery of clinical interventions to offenders in
response to assessed need. The Department partners with a number of organisations
to deliver programs and services on behalf of the Department.
The following organisations deliver programs and services in various prisons and
community based settings across the State:
Pathways
• Cyrenian House
• Holyoake
• Women’s Health Service
• Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Service
• SouthWest Psychology, Counselling & Training Services
• Communicare
Medium Intensity Violence Program
• Communicare
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Goldfields
Centrecare Goldfields and Esperance
Phone: 9080 0333 Fax: 9080 0399
Great Southern
Indigenous Men Managing Anger and Substance Use (IMMASU)
• Men’s Outreach Services
Domestic Violence Programs
• Relationships Australia
• Communicare
• Anglicare
Drug and Alcohol Through-care Service (DATS)
The Drug and Alcohol Through-care Services (DATS) is a re-entry type service
specialising in one to one counselling for offenders with identified alcohol and other
drug issues. The service is voluntary on behalf of the client and is offered three months
prior to possible release and up to six months in the community.
The service is provided by:
• Cyrenian House
• Holyoake
Adult Community Corrections Centre (ACC) locations
Metropolitan
Central-West Metropolitan ACC
Level 2, 30 Moore Street
EAST PERTH WA 6004
Phone: 9230 2000 Fax: 9230 2049
Mandurah ACC
272 Pinjarra Road
MANDURAH WA 6210
Phone: 9581 0800 Fax: 9586 1686
North-West Metropolitan ACC
8 Sudbury Road
MIRRABOOKA WA 6061
Phone: 9264 9300 Fax: 9440 6424
South-East Metropolitan ACC
191-193 Burslem Drive
MADDINGTON WA 6109
Phone: 9493 9444 Fax: 9459 8404
North-East Metropolitan ACC
Unit 1, 3-7 The Crescent
MIDLAND WA 6056
South-West Coastal ACC
Justice Centre
Level 1, 8 Holdsworth Street
FREMANTLE WA 6160
Phone: 9431 0350 Fax: 9335 9466
Phone: 9250 9300 Fax: 9250 1586
Rockingham ACC
Rockingham Justice Complex
15B Whitfield Street
ROCKINGHAM WA 6168
Phone: 9527 3411 Fax: 9527 4833
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Regional
Albany ACC
Justice Complex
184 Stirling Terrace
ALBANY WA 6330
Phone: 9845 5300 Fax: 9845 5399
Kimberley Regional ACC
Broome
Cnr Frederick and Weld Streets
Phone: 9158 3800 Fax: 9193 5750
Freecall: 1800 001 006
South West Regional ACC
Bunbury
Level 2-3, 65 Wittenoom Street
BUNBURY WA 6230
Phone: 9791 0100 Fax: 9791 1404
*Busselton ACC (Sub-office of
Bunbury)
Unit 2/17 Bussell Highway/PO Box 479
BUSSELTON WA 6280
Phone: 9753 7100 Fax: 9751 1017
*Carnarvon ACC (Sub-office of
Geraldton)
Suite 4, Carnarvon Business Centre
Camel Lane
CARNARVON WA 6701
Phone: 9941 4209 Fax: 9941 3441
Freecall: 1800 677 409
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Mid West Regional ACC
Geraldton
45 Cathedral Avenue
GERALDTON WA 6531
Phone: 9956 2000 Fax: 9964 2231
Freecall: 1800 801 067
*Halls Creek ACC (Sub-office of
Broome)
71 Thomas Street
HALLS CREEK WA 6770
Phone: 9168 6437 Fax: 9168 6423
Freecall: 1800 625 917
Goldfields Regional ACC
Kalgoorlie
Suite 9, 35 Brookman Street
KALGOORLIE WA 6430
Phone: 9091 0200 Fax: 9091 3939
Freecall: 1800 646 530
Pilbara Regional ACC
*Karratha
2 Basset Road
KARRATHA WA 6714
Phone: 9144 4499 Fax: 9185 4419
Freecall: 1800 646 530
BROOME WA 6725
*Esperance ACC (Sub-office of
Kalgoorlie)
Suite 11, Balmoral Square
11/53 The Esplanade
ESPERANCE WA 6450
Phone: 9071 4970 Fax: 9071 4637
Freecall: 1800 050 155
Adult Community Corrections Centre (ACC) locations cont.
*Katanning ACC
149 Clive Street
KATANNING WA 6317
Phone: 9821 2114 Fax: 9821 1868
*Kununurra ACC (Sub-office of
Broome)
Level 1, State Government Offices
1722 Cnr Konkerberry Drive and
Messmate Way
KUNUNURRA WA 6743
Phone: 9169 1155 Fax: 9169 1145
Freecall: 1800 247 023
*Meekatharra ACC (Sub-office of
Geraldton)
Cnr Savage and Spencer Street
MEEKATHARRA WA 6642
Phone: 9980 2070 Fax: 9980 1364
Freecall: 1800 624 256
*Narrogin ACC
25 Fortune Street
NARROGIN WA 6312
Phone: 9881 6022 Fax: 9881 5293
*Newman ACC (Sub-office of
Karratha)
Shop 3/20 Hilditch Avenue
NEWMAN WA 6753
Phone: 9177 9500 Fax: 9175 1318
Freecall: 1800 006 523
*Roebourne ACC (Sub-office of
Karratha)
Lot 26 Wellard Street
ROEBOURNE WA 6718
Phone: 9182 1195 Fax: 9182 1329
Freecall: 1800 630 865
South Hedland ACC (Sub-office of
Karratha)
Justice Complex, Hawke Place
PO Box 2130
SOUTH HEDLAND WA 6722
Phone: 9172 9350 Fax: 9172 9366
Freecall: 1800 624 814
Pilbara CYJ
Unit 19-21, 1 Lawson Street
Phone: 9140 0300 Fax: 9140 0333
*Wheatbelt Great Southern CYJ
McIver House,
297 Fitzgerald Street
NORTHAM WA 6401
Phone: 9622 0400 Fax: 9622 7534
Freecall: 1800 633 242
*Combined Community Corrections centres and Youth Justice Services offices
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Combined Youth Outreach Centre and Adult Reporting Centres
Clarkson
Unit 4-5, 19 Coloundra Road
CLARKSON WA 6030
Adult enquiries
Phone: 9264 9300 Fax: 9440 6424
Youth enquiries
Phone: 9406 7999 Fax: 9301 0139
(Attendance by appointment only or as
directed)
Wangara
Unit 3, 12-14 Baretta Road
WANGARA WA 6065
Phone: 9406 7333 Fax: 9309 9680
(Attendance by appointment only or as
directed)
Caversham
130 Hamersley Road
CAVERSHAM WA 6055
Phone: 6278 9190 Fax: 6278 9157
Medina
32 Seabrook Way
MEDINA WA 6167
Phone: 9439 6218
Specialist Services
Intellectual Disability Diversion
Program (IDDP)
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9425 2140 Fax: 9425 2557
Health Services
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1360 Fax: 9264 1583
Education and Vocational Training
Services
4 Welshpool Road
Phone: 6250 9200 Fax: 9470 4276
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Combined Youth and Adult Community Program Centres
Adult Community Psychological Services (ACPS)
Adult Community Psychological Services (ACPS) provides psychological interventions
aimed at reducing recidivism for high-risk offenders on parole or community-based
orders in metropolitan and some regional centres. It also provides consultation as
required for staff managing offenders in the community.
Contact:
Adult Community Psychological Services
4 Salford Street
Phone: 6254 8688 Fax: 9472 4278
Community supervision agreements
Community supervision agreements are in place for adults and young people who have
offended and live in some remote communities. Under the agreements, Aboriginal
community councils and other community members are contracted by the Department
to provide a number of services.
These services include:
•
providing monitoring, support and guidance for young people on community-based
orders
• providing placement options for young people in communities that are not their
usual place of residence and who may be considered suitable for supervised bail
• having community members approved and trained to provide community
conferencing for minor offending
• having community members assist in developing and/or facilitating programs
• providing and monitoring community work.
• These agreements provide for young people and adults on supervision to remain
in their own community. They can address the gaps in community justice services
available to remote communities due to the vast distances in Western Australia.
Contact:
Community and Youth Justice Services
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1711 Fax: 9264 6117
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Youth Justice Services
At any one time the Department works with about 1,600 young people who have
offended or are at risk of offending. About 1,000 are in a pre-court diversionary
program or under a supervision order in the community.
The Department’s Youth Justice Services (YJS) is responsible for a number of programs
that provide support and rehabilitation to young people who have offended.
Young people who commit minor offences are usually dealt with outside of the court
process through Juvenile Justice Teams. Those on court-ordered community supervision
orders or supervised release from detention are supported by youth justice officers.
Young people on community-based orders may be ordered to complete community
work or attend a vocation, education or rehabilitation program.
Bail information
The Bail Act 1982 requires young people to be supervised while on bail. In most cases,
young people will only be released on bail with the written undertaking of a responsible
adult. Youth Bail Options Services operate in the metropolitan area and some regional
areas to prevent the unnecessary detention of young people on bail.
A responsible adult can be a parent, relative, boss or anyone who can care for and
supervise the young person and encourage them to not commit further crime while
awaiting their court date.
Not all young people charged with an offence are granted bail by the courts. If this is
the case, they are remanded in custody at Banksia Hill Detention Centre (BHDC). The
majority of young men and boys in detention will be relocated to a temporary young
offender detention centre at Hakea Prison for a time in 2013 to allow for urgent repairs.
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Youth Justice
Youth Justice Services case manages young people with the aim of reducing reoffending,
protecting the community and directing young people towards the adoption of
law-abiding lifestyles to create safer communities. This includes strengthening young
people’s links with their community and involving parents or a responsible adult in
the management of the child’s court order. It also co-ordinates programs through
government and non-government agencies and encourages the close involvement of
families and communities.
Contact:
Youth Justice Services
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1630 Fax: 9264 6117
Youth Justice
Up-to-date information is available online at www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au or by
calling BHDC on 9333 2222.
A young person cannot be released on bail if:
•
•
there is nowhere for them to stay
they are considered a risk to other people or themselves.
Youth Bail Options Program
The Youth Bail Options Program provides accommodation, a day program and
local transport for young people on bail in the metropolitan and nominated regional
locations.
The program provides diversionary options for young people with bail who do not have
immediate access to a responsible person or an environment that is conducive to their
wellbeing.
Young people live in the supported accommodation during their period of bail
and participate in day program activities. Youth Justice Services staff provide case
management support to young people placed in accommodation services.
The program provides support and supervision for these young people until an
appropriate placement can be found with family or in the community.
Metropolitan Youth Bail Services
The primary mandate of Metropolitan Youth Bail Services (MYBS) is to prevent the
unnecessary detention of young people in circumstances where they are deemed
eligible for bail but a responsible person cannot be found or is unsuitable, or unwilling,
to sign a bail undertaking on their behalf.
MYBS staff bail young people from various Children’s Courts, custodial centres and even
at the point of arrest thereby preventing any contact with custodial centres.
MYBS acts as the ‘responsible person’ when no one else can be located. As signatory
to the bail they have the authority and responsibility to withdraw bail should a breach
occur and to ensure the young person attends the relevant court,at the requested time.
Additionally the MYBS assumes a duty of care to ensure that young people being bailed
have access to safe, secure and supportive living environments.
MYBS links young people on bail into relevant programs and services to address
offending behaviour and ensures adequate supervision and monitoring.
Online at www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au
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Contact:
Metropolitan Youth Bail Services
15 Mackie Street
Phone: 9355 8000 Fax: 9472 4483
Regional Youth Justice Services and bail
Under Regional Youth Bail Services, young people on arrest or remand who have been
granted bail may have the bail taken up by the Regional Youth Justice Service when a
responsible adult cannot be located.
The young person will be placed in supervised accommodation under the Youth Bail
Options Program. This program ensures young people avoid unnecessary detention and
separation from their families and communities (see previous page).
Court orders and sentencing options
After a young person has appeared in Children’s Court and pleaded guilty or been
found guilty by the court, the magistrate has a choice of penalties. The most serious
offenders and repeat offenders face the most serious penalties.
Youth Justice Services provides advice to the courts to assist the judiciary with
sentencing decisions. This advice is provided verbally or in a written court report based
on interviews with the young person, other parties and official documents such as the
police statement of material facts. A young person must plead guilty or be found guilty
before a court report can be requested.
In preparing a written court report, family members, schools and employers can be
contacted. If a young person has medical, psychiatric, psychological, addictive or other
problems, treatment agencies may also be contacted. If the young person is assessed
as suitable for a community-based supervision order, the court report will outline the
issues for attention, how they will be addressed and in what timeframe, under a case
management plan.
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Youth Justice
The Young Offenders Act 1994 guides the sentencing of young people in the Children’s
Court. The Act outlines a number of principles of youth justice such as that detention
is only used as a last resort; that any punishment should allow for the young person to
develop a sense of social responsibility; and that interventions should strengthen the
young person’s family group.
Youth Justice
Youth community-based order
This is a court order that may require a young person to be supervised in the
community by youth justice officers. The young person must report once a week to
their appointed youth justice officer, must not break the law and must not change their
address without notifying their officer.
The order may also require the young person to attend a rehabilitation program or a
course. It can also include unpaid community work for between 10 and 100 hours.
The order can be suspended or cancelled if it is not complied with. The court may take
no action and the order will continue in its original form, or the court may vary the
conditions or re-sentence the young person.
Intensive youth supervision order
An intensive youth supervision order can be made with or without detention.
With detention
Also known as a conditional release order, this requires the young person to be
supervised by a youth justice officer, and they may be ordered to attend a rehabilitation
program or a course. The young person may be required to report to a youth justice
officer up to three times a week. The order can also include unpaid community work
for between 10 and 100 hours. If conditions are breached or the young person does
not follow the rules of the order, the court may impose a portion of the original
sentence as detention. It may also include restrictions on where the young person lives
and/or a curfew that can be monitored electronically.
Without detention
This order includes supervision conditions. The young person must report to his or her
youth justice officer regularly and follow instructions. The young person may also be
required to attend a rehabilitative program and/or undertake community work. If the
young person does not follow the rules of the order, the court may cancel the original
order and impose a new sentence or amend the conditions of the order.
Supervised release orders
After completing the custodial part of a sentence of detention, a young person may be
released under the supervision of a youth justice officer. The Supervised Release Review
Board (see page 109) uses reports from the detention centre, youth justice officers and
other sources to determine a detainee’s suitability for release under a supervised release
order and the conditions that order may contain.
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Curfews and electronic monitoring
The Young Offenders Act 1994 provides the court with the option of imposing curfews
on young people who have offended as an alternative to detention. Curfews can only
be imposed on young people subject to an intensive youth supervision order (with
detention) or supervised release order.
Curfews are generally utilised at times when offending behaviour usually occurs such as
on Friday and Saturday nights. Curfews can help break the impact of peer offending, the
cycle of drug use and offending, and other behaviour that contributes to young people
reoffending.
In some instances, curfews can be electronically monitored. Youth justice officers must
ensure that the imposition of an electronically monitored curfew does not place the
young person in any danger and therefore collaboration with the Department for Child
Protection is required.
If a young person is subject to an electronically monitored curfew, any breach of the
curfew is immediately relayed to the Department.
Young people who have been found guilty of an offence, are deemed by the court to
be a high risk to the community and are therefore not suitable for a community-based
order, may be sentenced to detention. Sentencing young people to detention is always
a last resort.
Once over 18 years of age, these young people may be moved to an adult prison. If
they are already 18 at the time of sentencing, they will be sentenced as an adult.
Other sentencing options
A number of other sentencing options not managed by the Department may be
imposed by the court such as a fine or good behaviour bond.
No punishment and no conditions
This option does not impose a punishment or conditions on the young person. In most
cases, the court does not record a conviction.
No punishment, but conditions imposed
The court may decide not to punish the young person if it is satisfied the young person
or their parents will ensure the undertakings (promises) they make to the court will be
carried out.
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Custodial sentence
Youth Justice
Fines and costs, restitution and compensation
The court can impose a penalty against the young person or an adult who is responsible
for the young person.
• Against the young person
The court may fine the young person up to $2,000 and order them to pay court costs.
The prosecutor may also ask the court to order compensation or restitution.
• Against a responsible adult
The court may order the young person’s parents or another responsible adult to pay
some or all of the fine and costs, compensation and restitution. If they do not pay,
action may be taken against the adult as if they had been found guilty of the crime
carried out by the young person.
Responsible Adult Good Behaviour Bond
These are used when an adult promises to make sure the young person will remain out
of trouble for a set time. If they do not, the adult has to pay money to the court.
Good Behaviour Bond
The young person pledges to stay out of trouble for a set time, usually several months
and up to a year. If they break the bond they must go back to court and pay an amount
of money.
Youth Justice court services
Trained Youth Justice Services court officers provide advice and support to Children’s
Courts.
These court officers attend all Children’s Court hearings, present the court with
written and verbal advice about young people in court and provide information about
sentencing options, bail options and support available in the community to young
people and their families.
Contact:
Youth Justice Court Services
Perth Children’s Court
Level 1, 160 Pier Street
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9218 0190 Fax: 9325 3495
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Perth Children’s Court – Drug Court
The Court Assessment Treatment Service (CATS) Youth Justice Services directly
supports the operation of the Perth Children’s Court Drug Court, located at Perth
Children’s Court.
Drug Court Magistrates or the President of the Perth Children’s Court can refer young
people to the CATS senior youth justice officers to compile specialist Drug Court or
Youth Supervised Treatment Intervention Regime (YSTIR) assessments.
This enables the Children’s Court Drug Court to make informed decisions on the
suitability of a young person being placed on the Drug Court program, and assesses
their past offending history, substance misuse and their ability to comply with the Drug
Court program (participation is voluntary).
If the young person is deemed suitable they are referred to the Drug and Alcohol Youth
Services (DAYS) or Community Drug Service Teams to assess their suitability to engage
in counselling and treatment intervention. If a young person is placed on the Drug Court
or YSTIR program, they are case managed by the two dedicated CATS senior youth
justice officers.
In addition to strong family support and counselling, this approach ensures the young
person is supported and encouraged at all stages of the above programs, ensuring
greater success rates and positive rehabilitation of the young person and positive
integration back into their family unit.
Successful completion of a Drug Court program often results in participants receiving a
lesser sentence.
Participants on the Children’s Court Drug Court are subject to fortnightly court
attendance to monitor their progress, weekly urinalysis, counselling and intensive case
management by officers. At all times during the Drug Court program, the young person
is subject to supervised bail and curfew requirements.
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More information about the WA Perth Children’s Court Drug Court is available
online at www.dotag.wa.gov.au. Other limited information is available online at
Youth Justice
The CATS officers liaise with specialist drug and alcohol treatment agencies throughout
the young person’s participation in programs and work collaboratively to support the
engagement and rehabilitation of the young person.
Youth Justice
Contact:
Court Assessment Treatment Services (CATS)
Level 4/30 Moore Street,
East PERTH WA 6004
Phone: 9230 2100
Fax: 9230 2101
Programs and services
Youth Justice Services provide individual and group programs for young offenders and
their families, aimed at reducing recidivism and improving community safety.
Juvenile Justice Teams
Juvenile Justice Teams (JJT) work with young people displaying anti-social behaviour
who have committed minor offences and who do not have an established pattern of
offending, diverting them from the formal court system.
They provide the opportunity for victims and the parents of young people to be
involved in determining the young person’s penalties.
The teams are based on restorative justice principles and focus on the young person
making amends to the victim. The teams work in partnership with WA Police and with
input from the WA Department of Education.
Young people can be referred to a JJT only if they accept responsibility for their actions
and if the offence is not scheduled as serious (as determined by the Young Offenders Act
1994).
The teams ensure consequences for young people who offend are immediate and
meaningful.
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Juvenile Justice Team locations
Metropolitan
Central Metropolitan Youth Justice Services
3 Walcott Street
MOUNT LAWLEY WA 6050
Phone: 9227 2500 Fax: 9328 2057
South-West Metropolitan Youth Justice Services
Units 1-4 27 Tamara Drive
YANGEBUP WA 6164
Phone: 9412 3300 Fax: 9412 3333
South-East Metropolitan Youth Justice Services
39 Abernethy Road
BELMONT WA 6104
North Metropolitan Youth Justice Services
Unit 1, 22 Dugdale Street
WARWICK WA 6024
Phone: 6241 5600 Fax: 9243 4253
For regional locations, please refer to the Youth Justice Services offices (page 92)
Court conferencing
Court conferencing is an additional diversionary service provided by the Juvenile Justice
Teams to the court only. It allows certain young people convicted of a serious offence
(scheduled offence in the Young Offenders Act 1994), or with an established offending
history, who would otherwise be ineligible to attend a Juvenile Justice Team meeting, to
be referred to a conferencing process to divert them from the formal criminal justice
system.
Youth support officers
Positive role models can be appointed to provide support for young people who have
broken the law or who are at risk of offending through the Youth Support Officers
Program.
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Phone: 9334 6000 Fax: 9334 6060
Youth Justice
A youth support officer is appointed following assessment by a youth justice officer, or a
request from the court or the Supervised Release Review Board.
They provide practical help with transport, study and emotional issues.
Youth support officers can also organise positive recreation and sporting activities.
Adults wanting to help young people can apply for positions within the program.
All officers undergo a police check and Working with Children check.
Dedicated Youth Justice Services Offices
Metropolitan
Central Metropolitan Youth Justice
Services
3 Walcott Street
MOUNT LAWLEY WA 6050
Phone: 9227 2500 Fax: 9328 2057
North Metropolitan Youth Justice
Services
Unit 1, 22 Dugdale Street
WARWICK WA 6024
Phone: 6241 5600 Fax: 9243 4253
South-East Metropolitan Youth
Justice Services
39 Abernethy Road
BELMONT WA 6104
Phone: 9334 6000 Fax: 9334 6060
South-West Metropolitan Youth
Justice Services
Units 1-4, 27 Tamara Drive
YANGEBUP WA 6164
Phone: 9412 3300 Fax: 9412 3333
Photo: DCS staff discuss youth bail options in Broome.
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Dedicated Youth Justice Services Offices continued
Regional
Southern Youth Justice Services
184 Stirling Terrace
Geraldton
ALBANY WA 6330
17 Lester Avenue
Phone: 9845 5300 Fax: 9845 5399
GERALDTON WA 6530
Katanning
Phone: 9920 8600 Fax: 9920 8666
149 Clive Street
Freecall: 1800 755 107
KATANNING WA 6317
Carnarvon
Phone: 9821 2114 Fax: 9821 1868
Shop 19, 41-51 Robinson Street
Narrogin
CARNARVON WA 6701
25 Fortune Street
Phone: 9941 4219 Fax: 9941 2713
NARROGIN WA 6312
Freecall: 1800 106 445
Phone: 9881 6022 Fax: 9881 5293
Meekatharra
South West Regional Community
and Youth Justice Services
Corner Savage and Spencer Streets
Bunbury
Phone: 9980 2070 Fax: 9980 1364
Level 3, 65 Wittenoom Street
Freecall: 1800 624 256
BUNBURY WA 6230
Kalgoorlie
Phone: 9791 0100 Fax: 9791 1404
Goldfields Youth Justice Services
Busselton
337A-B Hannan Street
Unit 2, 17 Bussell Highway
KALGOORLIE WA 6430
Busselton WA 6280
Phone: 9026 4500 Fax: 9026 4555
Phone: 9753 7100 Fax: 9751 1017
Freecall: 1800 832 830
Northam
Esperance
297 Fitzgerald Street
Suite 11, 53 The Esplanade
NORTHAM WA 6401
ESPERANCE WA 6450
Phone: 9622 0400 Fax: 9622 7534
Phone: 9071 4970 Fax: 9071 4637
Freecall: 1800 633 242
Free Call: 1800 050 155
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Youth Justice
Albany
Mid West Gascoyne Youth Justice
Services
Youth Justice
Dedicated Youth Justice Services Offices continued
West Kimberley Youth Justice
Services
Broome
Corner Frederick and Weld Streets
BROOME WA 6725
Phone: 9158 3888 Fax: 9158 3898
Freecall: 1800 006 315
Derby
West Kimberley House, 16-22 Loch Street
DERBY WA 6728
Phone: 9193 1207
Fax: 9193 1467
Fitzroy Crossing
Tarunda Shopping Centre, 21 Forest Road
FITZROY CROSSING WA 6765
Phone: 9191 5969
Fax: 9191 5513
East Kimberley Youth Justice
Services
Kununurra
6 Cottontree Avenue
KUNUNURRA WA 6743
Phone: 9166 6500 Fax: 9166 6550
Halls Creek
71 Thomas Street
HALLS CREEK WA 6770
Phone: 9168 6437 Fax: 9168 6423
Freecall: 1800 625 917
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Wyndham
1740 Kangaroo Drive
WYNDHAM WA 6740
Phone: 9168 6437 Fax: 9168 6423
Freecall: 1800 625 917
Pilbara Youth Justice Services
South Hedland
Unit 19/21, 1 Lawson Street
Phone: 9140 0300 Fax: 9140 0333
Freecall: 1800 624 814
Karratha
2 Bassett Road
KARRATHA WA 6714
Phone: 9144 4499 Fax: 9185 4419
Freecall: 1800 646 530
Newman
Shop 3/20 Hilditch Avenue
NEWMAN WA 6753
Phone: 9177 9500 Fax: 9175 1318
Freecall: 1800 006 523
Roebourne
Lot 26, Wellard Street
ROEBOURNE WA 6718
Phone: 9182 1195 Fax: 9182 1329
Freecall: 1800 630 865
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Youth Justice Services Outreach Locations
Midland
5 Brockman Road
MIDLAND WA 6056
Phone: 9250 4088 Fax: 9250 4068
Rockingham
Suite 2, 3 Benjamin Way
ROCKINGHAM WA 6168
Phone: 9528 8400 Fax: 9528 1948
Clarkson
Unit 4 and 5, 19 Caloundra Road
CLARKSON WA 6030
Phone: 9407 9144 Fax: 9407 9122
Youth diversion services
These programs provide services to young people aged 10 to 18 years, and their
families, who are offending or at risk of offending due to varied circumstances such as:
• truancy
• family breakdown
• substance abuse
• anti-social behaviour
• poor social skills
• low self esteem
• marginalisation from mainstream services.
Service provision will include a combination of diversion supports, informal counselling
and mentoring services that offer positive alternatives to young people who are
offending or at risk of offending.
The service has a strong emphasis on activity-based engagement with young people.
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Joondalup
Unit 2, 65 Grand Boulevard
JOONDALUP WA 6027
Phone: 9406 7999 Fax: 9301 0139
Maddington
Unit 1, 70 Attfield Street
MADDINGTON WA 6107
(By appointment only)
Phone: 9251 3313
Mandurah
272 Pinjarra Road
MANDURAH WA 6210
Phone: 9581 0800 Fax: 9586 1686
Youth Justice
Youth custodial services
When young people aged 10 to 17 years are sentenced to detention by a court, they
are sent to Banksia Hill Detention Centre rather than an adult prison and are supervised
by youth custodial officers rather than prison officers. Young people in detention are
called detainees.
Young people under 18 who are arrested, awaiting bail, waiting for their court case
to be heard, or waiting to be sentenced are also held in secure custody at Banksia Hill
Detention Centre.
The involvement of parents or a responsible adult in the planning and implementation of
the child’s development program is an important part of the youth custodial process.
Visiting young people in detention
All visits to detainees at Banksia Hill must be booked. Friends and relatives under 18
years wanting to visit a detainee must have written permission from the detainee’s
parents and their own parents and be accompanied by an approved, responsible adult.
Visitors cannot take anything into the visits area. Lockers are available to store
belongings. Approved items such as school books or clothes for court must be given to
reception before the visit.
For security reasons, nothing else will be accepted without the prior permission of the
superintendent of the centre.
Contact:
Banksia Hill Detention Centre
Cnr Warton and Nicholson Roads
Phone: 9333 2222 Fax: 9333 2525
Banksia Hill is the only detention centre for offenders aged 10 to 17 years in Western
Australia. It accommodates young males and females from all over the State who have
been sentenced to a period of detention, have been arrested and are waiting to be
bailed out, are waiting for their court case if they have been denied bail or are waiting to
be sentenced after conviction.
In some cases, where required by law or directed by the Children’s Court, a young
person aged over 17 may also be held at Banksia Hill instead of an adult prison.
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The majority of young men and boys in detention will be relocated to a temporary
young offender detention centre at Hakea Prison for a time in 2013 to allow for urgent
repairs. Up-to-date information is available online at www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au
or by calling the centre on 9333 2222.
Case planning and programs
Banksia Hill’s Case Planning Unit ensures the time a detainee spends at the centre is
used productively in preparation for their release into the community. It monitors the
welfare of each detainee throughout their stay, co-ordinates interventions from the
various program areas and liaises with parents, field officers and the Supervised Release
Review Board in relation to that detainee.
Banksia Hill offers programs aimed at rehabilitation and personal development.
Detainees are given the opportunity to engage in vocational training and education,
employment, health, and lifestyle skills to better equip them for a non-offending lifestyle
when they return to the community.
In brief
Opened: 1997
Location: 27 km south of Perth
Facilities include:
• Gymnasium, basketball courts and recreation oval
• Medical centre staffed by nurses and visiting doctors and dentist
• Psychological services with on-call access for after-hours matters
• Education and vocational training centre.
Keeping in contact:
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Detainees can make phone calls to approved phone numbers at free recreation
times during the day.
• Letter writing is encouraged as a way to keep in contact with family and friends.
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Visiting times: Parents or guardians of detainees can visit in two sessions on
afternoon weekdays from 3.45 pm and then at 5 pm, with an additional time slot
on Wednesday at 12.45 pm. On weekends there are four visiting sessions of
Youth Justice
Detainees are placed in individually-tailored programs that address the underlying issues
related to their offending behaviour.
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12.45 pm, 2.00 pm, 3.45 pm and 5 pm. Special arrangements are made for rural
parents or guardians and in cases of special need.
Visitors under 18 years must also get approval from their own parent or guardian
to visit the young person. The visitor must be accompanied by an adult who is
already approved to visit that young person (ie parent, guardian or relative).
Detainees may not have more than four adult visitors at any one time, plus four
children.
All visitors must sign a statutory declaration which confirms their identity. They
must also be willing to have their photo taken and put on record. Visitors may be
subject to security searches by staff or dogs.
Entry to the centre is from Warton Road. The centre is accessible by bus or a
combination of bus and train. Buses run from Cannington Train Station to the
detention centre. Contact Transperth on 136213 for details.
Contact:
CANNING VALE 6155
Phone: 9333 2222 Fax: 9333 2525
Postal address
PO Box 1512
Phone: 9333 2222
Visitors Centre
Phone: 9333 2222
Case Planning Unit
Phone: 9333 2226 or 9333 2224 Fax: 9333 2524
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Education Services
All young people sentenced to custody at Banksia Hill can attend school or engage in
appropriate programs.
At Banksia Hill, all young people have their educational needs assessed and an individual
plan is developed. This takes into account their literacy and numeracy levels, gaps in
their education, specific needs, interests and future aspirations. Individual education plans
are re-assessed as required and restructured to meet the changing educational needs of
the young people in detention.
The education and vocational training centre at Banksia Hill provides for age-appropriate
programming in the classrooms and workshops. Each young person is assisted to
become self determining which allows them to make informed, responsible choices and
equip them with education and training skills to prepare them for release.
Contact:
Youth Education Services
Banksia Hill Youth Detention Centre
Phone: 9333 2502 Fax: 9333 2527
Youth Psychological Services
Psychologists who work with young people and their families are based at each
metropolitan Youth Justice Services office. They provide confidential help in assessing,
addressing and changing young people’s behaviour.
Psychologists are also based at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and provide a service to
young people at the detention centre.
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The centre uses Department of Education outcomes-based curriculum, education
and vocational courses that can be accessed from national training packages, training
organisation modules and distance education if part of an individual learning plan.
Teachers provide literacy and numeracy programs, and closely monitor each young
person’s progress. Young people in detention are also offered courses in cultural
awareness, drama, science, Aboriginal music, music and other short-term programs.
These are taught by specialist staff.
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Youth Psychological Services also includes a team of senior programs officers who
deliver programs to young people in custody and in the community.
Contact:
Youth Justice Psychological Services
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 6245 Fax: 9264 6117
Photo: Banskia Hill Dentention Centre.
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Victim services
Support for victims
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Victim services
Mediation between victims and offenders is available through the Department’s Victimoffender Mediation Unit (VMU).
The Department also maintains a Victim Notification Register (which is part of VMU),
providing information for victims of crime. Other victim support services are offered by
the Department of the Attorney General.
Victim-offender Mediation Unit
The Victim-offender Mediation Unit provides a mediation service between victims
and offenders and is part of the Department’s Community and Youth Justice division.
This service is available to both adults and young people who have offended and the
respective victims of their offences.
All victim-offender mediation is entered into voluntarily by both parties. The mediation
is free, impartial and private. Three types are offered:
• Reparative mediation
This is a court referred process whereby a victim of an offence may meet with the
offender to discuss any questions, issues or concerns arising from the offence as well as
forms of compensation and reparation.
The outcomes of reparative mediation may be taken into account by the court upon
sentencing.
• Protective conditions process
Victims are given the opportunity to request protective conditions to be imposed on
the offender’s supervised order. These protective conditions may be endorsed by the
relevant releasing/supervising authorities.
Victims and offenders of more serious offences, particularly those who are expected
to be in contact, reach an agreement about the level and nature of contact (if any)
between them.
Any protective conditions imposed by the relevant authorities on an offender’s
supervised order in relation to their victim/s will be monitored by the Victim-offender
Mediation Unit in conjunction with the supervising community corrections officer for the
length of the relevant order.
• Victim-offender dialogue
A victim meets the offender on a one-off basis to discuss the impact of the offence.
Victim-offender dialogue will only occur at the victim’s (and, if applicable the victim’s
caregiver or guardian) request and with the offender’s consent. Victim-offender dialogue
is offered in relation to serious offences.
Victim services
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Victim-offender Contact Policy
Offenders on parole or community-based orders (with a supervision component
attached) are not permitted to contact their victim(s) under the Department’s victim/
offender contact policy, until investigated by the Victim-offender Mediation Unit. This
applies even if the offender is related to the victim.
Court-based officers located in outer metropolitan or regional areas can provide both
protective and reparative mediation, however all protective queries must be directed to
the Perth office.
Brochures
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Making peace: Information for victims
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Making peace: Information for offenders
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Mediation: Information for victims
•
Mediation: Information for offenders
•
Protective conditions: General information
•
Protective conditions: Information for victims
•
Protective conditions: Information for offenders
•
Victim Notification Register
Contact:
Victim-offender Mediation Unit
Level 13, International House
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9425 3200 Fax: 9425 3222
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Victim-offender Mediation Unit office locations
Regional
Broome Community and Youth
Justice
Cnr Frederick and Weld Streets
BROOME WA 6725
Phone: 9158 3800 Fax: 9193 5750
Bunbury Community and Youth
Justice
65 Wittenoom Street
BUNBURY WA 6230
Phone: 9791 0186 Fax: 9791 1404
*Geraldton Community
Corrections
45 Cathedral Avenue
GERALDTON WA 6530
Phone: 9921 7174 Fax: 9964 2231
*These offices operate on a part-time basis
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Rockingham ACC
Rockingham Justice Complex
15B Whitfield Street
ROCKINGHAM 6168
Phone: 9527 3411 Fax: 9527 4833
Mandurah ACC
272 Pinjarra Road
MANDURAH WA 6210
Phone: 9581 0800 Fax: 9586 1686
Kalgoorlie Court House
54-68 Brockman Street
KALGOORLIE WA 6430
Phone: 9021 0279 Fax: 9021 2005
*Kununurra Community and Youth
Justice
Unit 17, 1722 Konkerberry Drive and
Messmate Way
KUNUNURRA WA 6743
Phone: 9168 3148 Fax: 9169 1145
Freecall: 1800 247 023
Pilbara – South Hedland Justice
Complex
Hawke Place
Phone: 9172 9306 Fax: 9172 9330
Victim services
Metropolitan
Fremantle Justice Complex
8 Holdsworth Street
FREMANTLE WA 6160
Mailing address: PO Box 665
FREMANTLE WA 6959
Phone: 9335 2084 Fax: 9335 9466
Joondalup Court House
21 Reid Promenade
JOONDALUP WA 6027
Phone: 9400 0746 Fax: 9300 2005
*North-East Metropolitan
Unit 1, 3-7 The Crescent
MIDLAND WA 6056
Phone: 9250 5146 Fax: 9250 1586
Victim services
The Victim Notification Register is an information service for victims of crime. It allows
victims to receive information about the perpetrator of the crime against them, for as
long as that person is under the supervision of the Department of Corrective Services
for that offence.
Information available from the register may include details about the offender’s sentence,
any escapes from custody and recapture, impending release dates and the results of
any appeals against the sentence. Victims are notified in writing of any changes to the
circumstances of the offender, usually within five days of that change occurring.
Eligibility
Individuals can only join the Victim Notification Register if they are the victim and if the
defendant or offender has been charged or convicted of the offence and is under the
supervision of the Western Australian Department of Corrective Services.
The victim is the only person able to receive information from the register, however
they can nominate another person (as an agent) to receive the information on their
behalf – this is explained in greater detail on the register application form.
There is no time limit on offences. You can join the register even if the crime against
you was committed some time ago, as long as the offender is still serving their sentence.
However, if the offender completes their sentence for the offence against you and
reoffends, you are not entitled to receive information relating to their new sentence.
You are not eligible to go on the register if you are:
• a witness or bystander to a crime
• a member of the family but not the victim of the offence (except in cases where
the offence resulted in death)
• an unrelated individual interested in following the progress of an offender
• a community representative or group
• not directly involved in the offence.
You can apply to be on the Victim Notification Register by completing a registration
form and posting it to the address shown. Registration forms are available online at
www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au, from the Registrar on 9425 2870 or freecall 1800
818 988 (country WA only), or from your local Victim Support Service office, Victimoffender Mediation Unit office or courthouse.
Brochure
• Registration for Victim
Notification Register
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Contact:
Level 2 District Court, 500 Hay Street
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9425 2870 Fax: 9425 2869
Freecall: 1800 818 988 (outside metro only)
Related agencies
and services
Department of the Attorney General
The Department of Corrective Services maintains a close relationship with the
Department of the Attorney General, following the separation of the Department of
Justice in 2006.
The Department of the Attorney General provides a number of services relating
to functions of the Department of Corrective Services. It is also responsible for the
administration of the Prisoners Review Board, Gender Reassignment Board, Mentally
Impaired Accused Review Board and the Supervised Release Review Board.
Contact:
Department of the Attorney General
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9264 1600 or 13 67 57
Website: www.dotag.wa.gov.au
The Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services (OICS) provides independent scrutiny
of the standards and operational practices of custodial services in Western Australia.
The office is not part of the Department of Corrective Services and the Inspector is
not subject to direction by the Minister for Corrective Services. The Inspector may
give advice or make recommendations to the Minister and to Parliament. The Office’s
jurisdiction extends to adult prisons (public and privately operated), court custody
centres, gazetted lock-ups, youth detention centres and any other aspect of a custodial
service.
The Inspector must inspect each prison, detention centre, court custody centre and
gazetted lock-up at least once every three years, though inspections can be more
frequent. The Office then reports on these and makes associated recommendations for
presentation to the Department, the Minister and Parliament.
The Inspector and his staff have unfettered access to places of custody, prisoners,
detainees and staff and to documents relating to such places for the purpose of carrying
out inspections and reviews.
The office also runs the Independent Visitors Scheme (IVS), comprising volunteers
who visit each of the State’s prisons, associated work camps and the youth detention
centre. They make a record of complaints or observations, providing their report to the
Inspector after each visit. The scheme is another means of monitoring and improving the
delivery of custodial services.
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Inspector of Custodial Services
Related agencies
and services
The Inspector may also conduct reviews that report on the treatment and
circumstances of individuals or groups of individuals in custody.
• The Inspector of Custodial Services’ Annual Report and inspection reports are
available from the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services and online at
www.oics.wa.gov.au.
Contact:
Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services
Level 5, Albert Facey House,
469 Wellington Street
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 6551 4200 Fax: 6551 4216
Website: www.oics.wa.gov.au
Legal Aid Western Australia
Legal Aid Western Australia is an independent statutory body providing legal services
to people in special need throughout Western Australia. Legal services are provided by
Legal Aid staff and by lawyers in private practice.
Prison Visiting Scheme
Legal Aid visits the following prisons on set days to assist prisoners:
Acacia Prison Bandyup Women’s Prison
Casuarina Prison Hakea Prison Wooroloo Prison Farm
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Thursday
Monday
All other prisons are visited on request by contacting the nearest Legal Aid Office.
Contact:
Legal Aid WA
PERTH WA 6000
Phone: 9261 6255 Fax: 9325 5430
Website: www.legalaid.wa.gov.au
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Related agencies
and services
Release Boards
Mentally Impaired Accused Review Board
Prisoners Review Board
Formerly known as the Parole Board, the Prisoners Review Board is an independent
statutory body established by the Sentence Administration Act 2003.
The Board makes decisions and recommendations relating to the release of prisoners
on parole and also deals with breaches of parole. In some cases, such as where a
prisoner is sentenced to a ‘life’ or ‘indefinite’ term of imprisonment, the Board must
report to the Attorney General and may make recommendations about pre-release
programs and release on parole. The decision to release rests with the Governor of
Western Australia.
In deciding whether to release a prisoner on parole, the board applies, but is not limited
to, the following considerations:
• the risk that the release of the prisoner presents to the personal safety of people in
the community or of any individual in the community
• any victim submissions
• the circumstances and the seriousness of the offence for which sentence was
imposed
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The Mentally Impaired Accused Review Board reports and makes recommendations to
the Attorney General on matters relating to people who are either unfit to stand trial or
acquitted on account of unsoundness of mind and detained under custody orders issued
under the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act 1996.
The board is chaired by a member of the judiciary. Other members include a psychiatrist
and a psychologist appointed by the Governor, and community representatives.
General
• Mentally Impaired Accused Review Board annual report
Contact:
Mentally Impaired Accused Review Board
PO Box 451
WEMBLEY WA 6913
Phone: 9423 8700 Fax: 9388 6208
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the behaviour of the prisoner when in custody, which may reflect how the prisoner
is likely to behave if released
• whether the prisoner has participated in programs available to them in custody
and, if not, the reasons for not doing sothe prisoner’s behaviour when released
previously
• the likelihood of the prisoner complying with the obligations and requirements of a
parole order
• any other consideration relevant to whether the prisoner should be released on
parole
• any remarks made by a court when sentencing the offender to imprisonment,
which are relevant to any of the above matters.
Orders which allow the release of prisoners include conditions, standard obligations and
additional requirements. The additional requirements may be counselling, intervention
programs and restrictions on movements and contact with the victims of the offending
behaviour.
After release, the prisoner is supervised by officers of the Department of Corrective
Services, however the board retains the power to suspend or cancel a parole order or
vary the conditions (see Adult Community Corrections page 61).
The Department of the Attorney General provides administrative support to enable the
Prisoners Review Board to carry out its statutory functions.
General
• Annual report (listed as Parole Board prior to 2007)
• Parole information booklet.
Contact:
Prisoners Review Board
PO Box 451
WEMBLEY WA 6913
Phone: 9423 8700 Fax: 9388 6208
Website: www.prisonersreviewboard.wa.gov.au
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Supervised Release Review Board
Information about the release boards is also available on the Parliament of Western
Australia’s website at www.parliament.wa.gov.au.
Contact:
Supervised Release Review Board
PO Box 451
WEMBLEY WA 6913
Phone: 9423 8700 Fax: 9382 2862
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The Supervised Release Review Board, created under the provisions of the Young
Offenders Act 1994, determines the suitability of young offenders in detention for
release.
The Board makes decisions and sets conditions for release. It also examines any
breaches of conditions.
The Board has six members, including the chairperson (who is usually a judge or retired
judge), a police officer, an officer from the Department of Corrective Services, and
three community members including one who has knowledge of victims’ interests and
one from the Aboriginal community.
If a young offender has been sentenced to more than three months’ detention, they and
their parents or responsible adult, must meet with the Board. A young offender may
sometimes go before the Board if sentenced to less than three months’ detention.
If the offender wants to appeal the Board’s decision, they can ask the Board to review
their case. However, that does not necessarily mean the decision will change. Most
young offenders who have served half their sentence in detention receive a supervised
release order.
General
• Supervised Release Review Board annual report.
Index
Aboriginal Visitors Scheme..............................51
About the Department........................................4
Acacia Prison............................................................31
ACCESS.....................................................................21
Access to information......................................... 9
Administrative records.........................................9
Adult community-based order......................66
Adult Community Corrections.....................61
Adult Community Corrections
centre locations......................................................78
Adult Community Corrections files.............8
Adult Community Psychological
Services (ACPS).....................................................82
Adult Custodial files...............................................7
Adult Custodial Rules.........................................27
Advisory groups.....................................................18
Albany Regional Prison......................................32
Annual reports...........................................................7
Art Programs...........................................................56
Attorney General (Department
of the).......................................................................105
Attorney General Shared Transactional
Services (AGTHRS).............................................15
Bail information for adults................................61
Bail information for youth................................83
Bandyup Women’s Prison................................33
Banksia Hill Youth Detention
Centre.........................................................................96
Boronia Pre-release Centre
for Women..............................................................34
Broome Regional Prison....................................35
Budget papers............................................................7
110
Bunbury Regional Prison...................................36
Career and Employment
Services.......................................................................53
Casuarina Prison....................................................37
Chaplain services...................................................57
Children’s Court....................................................85
Clinical Governance Unit.................................55
Commissioner...........................................................2
Communications...................................................17
Services Bail Unit...................................................62
Community bail......................................................61
Community-based order..................................67
Community liaison groups...............................19
Community Re-entry – Coordination
Service.........................................................................74
Community Reference Groups....................19
Community supervision
agreements...............................................................82
Community work..................................................63
Complaints, Compliments and
Suggestions...............................................................21
Compliance..............................................................22
Conditional suspended
imprisonment..........................................................68
Corporate records..................................................7
Corporate structure...............................................5
Corporate support services...............................7
Corrective Services Academy........................15
Counselling and support services................55
Court Assessment and Treatment
Service (CATS)......................................................71
Index
111
Integrity Directorate............................................22
Intensive supervision order..............................67
Intensive youth supervision order...............86
Internal Witness Support Service................25
IT Helpdesk...............................................................19
Justice Intelligence Service................................28
Juvenile Justice Teams.........................................83
Karnet Prison Farm..............................................41
Legal Aid Commission WA.........................106
Library services.......................................................12
Media and Public Affairs....................................17
Mentally Impaired Accused...........................107
Metropolitan Youth Bail Service...................84
Minister responsible...............................................4
Ministerial Liaison Branch..................................20
Offender Records...................................................7
Offender Rehabilitation.....................................67
Online Services.......................................................18
Organisational chart...............................................6
Pardelup Prison Farm.........................................42
Parole...........................................................................72
Development..........................................................13
Perth Children’s Court
– Drug Court...........................................................89
Pre-sentence order..............................................66
Prison counselling service.................................58
Prison details............................................................27
Prison industries and employment.............47
Prison rules and regulations............................27
Prison services........................................................47
Prison support officers.......................................58
Prisoner education and training....................53
Index
Court conferencing..............................................91
Court Orders and Sentencing
Options (adults).....................................................63
Court Orders and Sentencing
Options (youth).....................................................85
Court services for youth...................................88
Curfews and electronic monitoring
(youth).........................................................................85
Custodial sentence (youth).............................87
Dangerous Sexual Offenders.........................68
Disability Services..................................................56
Dowerin Work Camp.......................................50
Drug Detection Unit..........................................29
Drug management...............................................55
Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison.............38
Education programs.............................................53
Education services (youth)...............................99
Emergency Support Group.............................28
Employee information........................................12
Employment.............................................................13
Family Violence Court (FVC).........................70
Financial statements................................................7
Freedom of Information.......................................9
Gatehouse Operations......................................29
Good behaviour bond.......................................88
Greenough Regional Prison............................39
Global Positioning System (GPS).................68
Hakea Prison............................................................40
Health services........................................................57
Human Resources................................................14
Infrastructure Services........................................16
Inspector of Custodial Services
(Office of the)......................................................105
Index
Freedom of Information.......................................9
Prisoner Art Gallery.............................................56
Prisoner Employment Program (PEP).......60
Prisoner grievance system................................22
Prisoner health and welfare............................57
Prisoner work camps..........................................48
Prisoner treatment programs.........................54
Prisoners Review Board.................................107
Prisons.........................................................................27
Professional Standards........................................21
Programs and services (youth)......................83
Psychological services for youth...................99
Psychological services for adults...................82
Public Affairs.............................................................17
Public Interest Disclosure.................................23
Public Protection Unit........................................69
Re-entry Link...........................................................74
Re-entry release order.......................................73
Regional community conferencing..............89
Regional youth bail services............................85
Related agencies and services.....................105
Release Boards.....................................................107
Release from prison............................................72
Repay WA................................................................63
Responsible adult good behaviour
bond.............................................................................88
Riverbank...................................................................63
Roebourne Regional Prison............................43
Roebourne Work Camp..................................50
Safeline........................................................................23
Security (when visiting)......................................30
Security Services....................................................28
112
Suicide Prevention................................................58
Supervised release orders................................86
Supervised Release Review Board...........109
Support for victims............................................101
Support for visitors..............................................60
Transitional Accommodation
Support Service (TASS)....................................76
Transport Options Program (TOP)...........75
Treatment programs (custodial)..................54
Victim Notification Register.........................102
Victim-offender Mediation
Unit (VMU)...........................................................101
Victim services......................................................101
Visiting young people in
detention...................................................................96
Visiting prisons........................................................29
Volunteers.................................................................13
Walpole Work Camp........................................50
Warburton Work Camp..................................50
Wheatbelt Work Camp...................................50
Wooroloo Prison Farm.....................................46
Work and development order.....................63
Work camps............................................................50
Wyndham Work Camp....................................50
Youth community-based order....................86
Youth Custodial Services.................................96
Youth Diversion Services.................................95
Youth Justice Court Services..........................88
Youth Justice Services.........................................83
Youth Justice Services offices.........................92
Youth Support Officers.....................................91
PERTH WA 6000
Telephone: 13 12 17
www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au

Department of Corrective Services Handbook

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