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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
• Community
agencies
• Training
opportunities
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Courts
• Suitable
People
• Manageable
Numbers
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Community
Agencies
• 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
CROSSBORDER
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
• Culturallyappropriate
programs
CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE
PROJECT
Shared Correctional
programs &
facilities
• Low-security
correctional
facilities
• Culturallyappropriate
programs
• Alice Springs
Correctional Centre
CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE
PROJECT
Community
Development
Focus