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RationaleBy improving the way decisions are made about releasing offenders on parole and how they are managed to successfully reintegrate into the community, we will make communities
safer and reduce reoffending. This reform builds on recommendations of the NSW Law Reform Commission Parole Report and will help deliver tough and smart justice for safer communities. Expected benefitsThe parole reform is expected to:
How the scheme works in practiceCommunity safety is the paramount consideration when making parole decisionsThe SPA can only release an offender on parole if it is satisfied that it is in the interests of community safety. In making this decision consideration is given to the following principal matters:
In weighing up any benefits and risks, the SPA considers factors such as:
A stronger voice for victimsRegistered victims are being notified by the Corrective Services Victims Register when there are important changes to relevant offender’s circumstances in custody, including when an offender is being consider for parole. All registered victims have the right to make a statement to be considered during the SPA decision making process. Flexibility to reconsider paroleMore offenders are being placed under supervision as the SPA has more flexibility to reconsider parole for some offenders. For example, an offender whose parole was revoked due to an alcohol or drugs relapse can be reconsidered for parole once their addiction is back under control. SupervisionSupervision is a mandatory condition of parole. Supervision requires an offender to regularly report to and follow reasonable directions from their Community Corrections Officer. Evidence shows that supervision is the best way to reduce reoffending. We have enhanced our management practices based on international best practice to improve supervision. During supervision, officers use cognitive and behavioural interventions to challenge an offender's thinking and behaviour and reduce the risk of them returning to crime. Community Corrections Officers are fully trained and well equipped to manage parolees. They also monitor an offender’s compliance with parole conditions, such as curfews, alcohol and drug testing, ongoing participation in rehabilitation programs or restrictions on where a parolee can go. A smarter way of managing parole breachesA clearer legal framework has been introduced to better manage parole breaches. Community Corrections have clearer authority to impose penalties for less serious parole breaches, such as failing to report. Penalties are targeted at addressing the cause of the breach and can include imposing curfews, or directing an offender to submit to increased reporting or drug and alcohol testing. Issues of repeated non-compliance are escalated to the SPA, which can impose more severe sanctions, such as up to 30 days home detention, electronic monitoring or a return to custody. A new safeguard also gives the SPA power to revoke parole, if the parolee's behaviour raises serious and immediate concerns for the safety of the community - even if there has been no breach of their parole conditions. Reintegration Home Detention SchemeThe Reintegration Home Detention scheme gives the SPA the option to transition a small number of eligible and suitable offenders to electronically monitored home detention, in the last six months of their non-parole period. This provides a structured step-down between prison and parole for these offenders. The strict conditions of home detention require an offender to: remain at home, be electronically monitored, submit to alcohol
and drugs
testing, and participate in rehabilitation programs, employment or community service if directed. Corrective Services NSW refer suitable offenders to the SPA for consideration in the scheme and the SPA apply the community safety test when assessing an offender's suitability. Applications cannot be made by offenders or their representatives. The scheme is not available to serious offenders including those serving life sentences, high risk sex or violent offenders,
terrorism offenders, child sexual offenders or domestic violence offenders. Juvenile parole frameworkTo complement these changes to the adult parole system, a new separate legislative framework for juvenile parole has been introduced. The safety of the community and the successful rehabilitation and reintegration of juvenile offenders are the priority considerations when making juvenile parole decisions. Contact usFor media
enquiries please contact Media and Communications. Which sanction requires that offenders serve some time in a local jail?Parolees have already served at least some prison time. Some jurisdictions can sentence an offender to a split sentence. A split sentence requires the offender to stay in prison for a short time before being released on probation.
What are the different types of sanctions in corrections?U.S. Correctional Control
The majority of persons under correctional control fall are in sanctions like Probation, Intensive Supervision Probation, Boot Camps/Shock Incarceration, Drug Courts, and Halfway Houses.
What are the 4 types of punishment?The Types of Criminal Punishment. Retribution. ... . Deterrence. ... . Rehabilitation. ... . Incapacitation. ... . Restoration.. What is the most commonly used Correctional sanction?Although probation remains the most common community sanction, there has been tremendous growth in the use of such measures as restitution, community service or- ders, home detention, and intensive supervision.
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