Corrections Victoria is part of the
Department of Justice and Community Safety in the
Victorian Government, and is responsible for the provision of custodial and community-based services as an important element of the criminal justice system in the state of
Victoria,
Australia. In March 2018, Dr Emma Cassar was announced as the new Commissioner of Corrections Victoria to commence in June 2018.
The services provided include correctional centre custody of remand and sentenced inmates, parole, pre-sentence reports and advice to courts and releasing authorities, community service orders and other forms of community-based offender supervision. Offenders in custody and those supervised in the community are assessed for relevant interventions to reduce their risks of re-offending. Corrections Victoria works in partnership with other government and non-government justice and human services agencies in regard to inmates in custody and offenders in the community.
History
The Office of Corrections (OOC) was established in August 1983 as a separate government department responsible for the management of adults corrections reporting to the Minister of Corrections.
In October 1992, the
Kennett government commenced a major prison reform program involving the
private sector
The private sector is the part of the economy, sometimes referred to as the citizen sector, which is owned by private groups, usually as a means of establishment for profit or non profit, rather than being owned by the government.
Employment
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financing, designing, building and managing new prisons. The OOC was abolished and reconstituted as the Correctional Services Division within the new Department of Justice.
In 1994, the government
privatised prisoner transport, security and escorts to the higher courts.
In 1995, the Office of the Correctional Services Commissioner (OCSC) was established within the Department of Justice, and in 1996, the CORE - the Public Correctional Enterprise was separately established also within the Department of Justice.
The OCSC was responsible for monitoring the performance of all correctional services.
CORE was responsible for managing the public prisons, Community Correctional Services and the Security and Emergency Services Group (SESG).
In August 1996, the first private prison opened the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre followed by the Fulham Correctional Centre and the Port Phillip Prison in 1997.
On 1 July 2003, the OCSC and CORE were amalgamated into a single entity Corrections Victoria to oversee corrections.
Prison management in Victoria
Corrections Victoria oversees the management of Victoria's 11 public prisons in the Department's Regions.
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Barwon Prison
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Beechworth Correctional Centre
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Dame Phyllis Frost Centre
Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, formerly the Deer Park Metropolitan Women's Correctional Centre (MWCC) is a maximum security women's prison located at Deer Park, Victoria, Australia. Built in 1996, it was the first privately-owned prison in Victoria, ...
(for women)
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Dhurringile Prison
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Hopkins Correctional Centre (Ararat)
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Langi Kal Kal Prison
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Loddon Prison Loddon may refer to:
*Loddon, Norfolk in England, UK
*Shire of Loddon in Victoria, Australia (since 1995)
**Bridgewater On Loddon, Victoria in Australia
*River Loddon, flows into the River Thames near Reading
*Loddon River, flows north from south of ...
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Marngoneet Correctional Centre
Marngoneet Correctional Centre is a 559-bed medium security Australian prison in Lara, Victoria, Australia, located adjacent to maximum security HM Prison Barwon. Marngoneet Correctional Centre officially opened on 3 March 2006.
The Marngone ...
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Melbourne Assessment Prison
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Metropolitan Remand Centre
The Metropolitan Remand Centre (abbreviated and commonly referred to as MRC) is an Australian prison located at Ravenhall, Victoria, approximately 20 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD on the Western Freeway ( Deer Park Bypass). The prison is a ...
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Tarrengower Prison (for women)
The Regions also run the Community Correctional Service on behalf of Corrections Victoria using around 50 different reporting centers.
Private Prisons
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Fulham Correctional Centre, managed by
GEO
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Port Phillip Correctional Centre
Port Phillip Prison is a maximum security prison located at Truganina, Victoria, Australia. It is Victoria's largest maximum security prison, able to accommodate up to 1117 prisoners. The prison is privately operated on behalf of the Governme ...
, managed by
G4S
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Ravenhall Correctional Centre
Ravenhall Correctional Centre is a medium-security male prison currently located in Ravenhall, Victoria, Australia. The prison is able to house over 1300 prisoners, and includes capacity for 75 forensic prisoners. It is Victoria's largest pris ...
, managed by
GEO
See also
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Community service
Community service is unpaid work performed by a person or group of people for the benefit and betterment of their community without any form of compensation. Community service can be distinct from volunteering, since it is not always perform ...
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List of Australian prisons
References
External links
Department of Justice and Community Safety
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Prison and correctional agencies
Penal system in Australia