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-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 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