COLLABORATION BETWEEN AGENCIES AND JURISDICTIONS

DEPARTMENT FOR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

• 9 Prisons (1550 Offenders)

• 16 Community Corrections Centres (5500 Offenders)

• 1350 Staff

• Part of SA Justice Portfolio (Police, Courts, Attorney General, Emergency Services, Corrections)

• Collaborative Arrangements

CROSS AGENCY COLLABORATION

• Justice Strategy Unit (develop Justice Policy, organise and manage cross agency initiatives, contribute to Whole of Government initiatives)

• Justice Portfolio Leadership Council

• Criminal Justice Leadership Council

• Office of Crime Statistics and Research (OCSAR)

• Justice Technology Service

SOCIAL INCLUSION BOARD

• Whole of Government Initiative

• Strategic Focus on major Social Inclusion issues for the State (Homelessness, Drug Summit, School Retention, Young Offenders)

• DCS is managing a range of Initiatives

• Throughcare

• Alcohol and other Drugs (Community Corrections and Prisons)

• Homelessness

PRISONER HEALTH SERVICES

• Memorandum of Understanding between Minister for Health and Correctional Services

• Provision of Primary and Mental Health Services in all Prisons

• Development of joint service initiatives

• Implementation of Social Inclusion Board Initiatives

• Steering Committee and Operational Officers Group manage the interface

JUSTICE COLLABORATION

• Monthly Meeting with Courts Administration Authority and Chief Magistrate

• Centre for Restorative Justice

• Aboriginal Justice Consultative Committee

• Chief Justice Round Table

• MOU with Disability Services

CROSS JURISDICTIONAL COLLABORATION

• Corrective Services Administrators Conference

• Corrective Services Minister’s Conference

• The National Corrective Services Statistics Unit (NCSSU)

• National Corrections Advisory Group (NCAG)

• National Corrective Services Advisory Committee (NCSAC)

• Heads of Community Corrections Group (HCCG)

CROSS JURISDICTIONAL COLLABORATION

• Standard Guidelines for Corrections

• Integrated Competency Framework

• National Data Set (Prison Census and Community Corrections Census)

• Joint Projects (Mobile Phone jamming)

• Emerging Technologies Group

• Sharing of Intelligence

• Interstate Prisoner Transfer Initiative

COLLABORATION BETWEEN AGENCIES

COMMUNITY SERVICE

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Community-based sentences

Features of Community Service

• Widely used

• Restorative Justice

• Community benefit

• Low cost

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Community Service Partnerships

• Courts

• Communityagencies

• Training opportunities

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Courts

• Suitable

People

• Manageable Numbers

COMMUNITY SERVICE

CommunityAgencies

• Supervising offenders

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Community Agencies

• Supervising offenders

• Work Crews

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Community Agencies

• Supervising offenders

• Work crews

• Using our products

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Training Opportunities

COLLABORATION BETWEEN JURISDICTIONS

CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE PROJECT

CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE PROJECT

CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE PROJECT

Cross-border Region

6,500 Aboriginal people

Poverty & disadvantage

High Crime Rate

CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE PROJECT

Offending

• Vehicles (17%)

• Assaults (11%)

• Public Order (11%)

• Property Damage (8%)

• Non Compliance

• Alcohol & Substance Misuse

CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE PROJECT

Background to C-BJP

6 focal points

• Legislation & policies

• Police

• Demographic study

CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE PROJECT

6 focal points(cont’d)

• Strengthening communities

• Operational co-operation

• Shared Correctional programs & facilities

CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE PROJECT

Shared Correctional programs & facilities

• Low-security correctional facilities

CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE PROJECT

Shared Correctional programs & facilities

• Low-security correctional facilities

• Culturally- appropriate programs

CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE PROJECT

Shared Correctional programs & facilities

• Low-security correctional facilities

• Culturally-appropriate programs

• Alice Springs Correctional Centre

CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE PROJECT

Community Development Focus