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The Development of a Disability Action Plan for a Correctional System – The Challenges and the Lessons Learnt
Peter Persson - Corrections Victoria
David Arblaster – Diversity Unit, Department of Justice
ACSO 3rd Forensic Disabilities Conference
September 2007
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Pre 1 January 2007
Getting There but First …the Final Result
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Outline
Context About Corrections Victoria Disability Action Plans Template
Lessons learnt Process Environmental Analysis Governance Development Implementation
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Context
About Corrections Victoria
Corrections Victoria is part of the Department of Justice, which also includes courts and police
Corrections Victoria manages:• 53 Community Correctional Services locations• 11 public prisons & oversees the contracts of 2 private prisons
• Prison population – 4,100• Offenders on Community-Based Orders – 8,000
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Context Disability Action Plans
Victorian Government requirement for all government departments to develop DAP’s
Department of Justice Disability Action Plan 2005-2008
Few examples nationally and internationally of DAP’s in a correctional setting
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Context Disability Action Plan Template
Organisational environment and a favourable climate for implementation (Innes 2006)
1. Senior management commitment2. Develop a formal Disability policy3. Promote sense of ownership4. Allocate Action Plan implementation responsibilities to specific individuals5. Allocate priorities and ensure careful financial management6. Don’t over-commit7. Integrate Disability Action Plans with other plans
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Lengthy development and consultation process
Long term enterprise
Lessons Learnt:
Process
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Lessons Learnt:
‘Environmental’ Analysis
Template for scan e.g. Mark Moore’s Strategic Triangle
Social Policy hooks
Low priority in Government agenda
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Lessons Learnt:
‘Environmental’ Analysis
Criminological trends (Garland 2002)
Forensic Disability Specific (Rockowitz 1989)
• Definition of the Population• Relationship Issues • System Issues• Offender Issues
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Challenge in having to access to expertise (Correctional, disability, other) and decision-makers
Possible solutions - working group (experts) and project board (decisionmakers)
Lessons Learnt:Governance
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Increased operational involvement
Structure of the organisation is a factor (centralised easier – decentralised harder?)
Lessons Learnt:Governance …continued
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Join it to a theoretical basis
Need a vision
3 levels of the Plan What have we got now/quick fixes
Medium term goals
Vision – inclusion and equity
Lessons Learnt:Development
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Natural tendency – least resource intensive solution
Interplay between social policy, human rights and finite resources
Lessons Learnt:Development …continued
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Consider the scope and content of plan – this drives ‘who’ the key players are
Risk management – a double edged sword?
Lessons Learnt:Development …continued
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Lessons Learnt:Implementation
Guard against the relaxation factor
Importance of quick ‘wins’
Key operational champions to advise on roll-out
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Lessons Learnt:Implementation…continued
Key operational champions to advise on roll-out
Get the “plan” out of head office
Need to ‘test’ and ‘re-test’ assumptions
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Conclusion
Environmental analysis important Long term proposition (one plan after another)
Use templates or previous plans (HREOC)
Vision Governance
Implementation Development
Test-Retest
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The Far Side of Forensic Disability
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The Development of a Disability Action Plan for a Correctional System – The Challenges and the Lessons Learnt
Peter Persson - Corrections Victoria
David Arblaster - Diversity Unit, Department of Justice
ACSO 3rd Forensic Disabilities Conference
September 2007