Corrections Victoria is part of the

Department of Justice and Community Safety The Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) is one of nine government departments in the state of Victoria, Australia. Known as the Department of Justice and Regulation until January 2019, it manages and provides government services rela ...

in the

Victorian Government The Victoria State Government, also referred to as just the Victorian Government, is the state-level authority for Victoria, Australia. Like all state governments, it is formed by three independent branches: the executive, the judicial, and th ...

, and is responsible for the provision of custodial and community-based services as an important element of the criminal justice system in the state of

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. In March 2018, Dr Emma Cassar was announced as the new Commissioner of Corrections Victoria to commence in June 2018. The services provided include correctional centre custody of remand and sentenced inmates, parole, pre-sentence reports and advice to courts and releasing authorities, community service orders and other forms of community-based offender supervision. Offenders in custody and those supervised in the community are assessed for relevant interventions to reduce their risks of re-offending. Corrections Victoria works in partnership with other government and non-government justice and human services agencies in regard to inmates in custody and offenders in the community.

History

The Office of Corrections (OOC) was established in August 1983 as a separate government department responsible for the management of adults corrections reporting to the Minister of Corrections. In October 1992, the Kennett government commenced a major prison reform program involving the

private sector The private sector is the part of the economy, sometimes referred to as the citizen sector, which is owned by private groups, usually as a means of establishment for profit or non profit, rather than being owned by the government. Employment The ...

financing, designing, building and managing new prisons. The OOC was abolished and reconstituted as the Correctional Services Division within the new Department of Justice. In 1994, the government

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prisoner transport, security and escorts to the higher courts. In 1995, the Office of the Correctional Services Commissioner (OCSC) was established within the Department of Justice, and in 1996, the CORE - the Public Correctional Enterprise was separately established also within the Department of Justice. The OCSC was responsible for monitoring the performance of all correctional services. CORE was responsible for managing the public prisons, Community Correctional Services and the Security and Emergency Services Group (SESG). In August 1996, the first private prison opened the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre followed by the Fulham Correctional Centre and the Port Phillip Prison in 1997. On 1 July 2003, the OCSC and CORE were amalgamated into a single entity Corrections Victoria to oversee corrections.

Prison management in Victoria

Corrections Victoria oversees the management of Victoria's 11 public prisons in the Department's Regions. *

Barwon Prison HM Prison Barwon or informally Barwon Prison, an Australian high risk and maximum security prison for males, is located from the township of Lara, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The facility is operated by Corrections Victoria, part of ...

Beechworth Correctional Centre The Beechworth Correctional Centre is a minimum security prison, located in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia. It was opened in January 2005 as a replacement for the now-closed HM Prison Beechworth. Accommodation in the prison is made up of seve ...

* Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (for women) * Dhurringile Prison *

Hopkins Correctional Centre (Ararat) Hopkins Correctional Centre is an Australian prison, medium security protection prison for males, located in Ararat, Victoria, Ararat, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, approximately west of Melbourne. The centre is operated by Corrections Victo ...

* Langi Kal Kal Prison * Loddon Prison *

Marngoneet Correctional Centre Marngoneet Correctional Centre is a 559-bed medium security Australian prison in Lara, Victoria, Australia, located adjacent to maximum security HM Prison Barwon. Marngoneet Correctional Centre officially opened on 3 March 2006. The Marngone ...

* Melbourne Assessment Prison *

Metropolitan Remand Centre The Metropolitan Remand Centre (abbreviated and commonly referred to as MRC) is an Australian prison located at Ravenhall, Victoria, approximately 20 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD on the Western Freeway (Deer Park Bypass). The prison is a ma ...

* Tarrengower Prison (for women) The Regions also run the Community Correctional Service on behalf of Corrections Victoria using around 50 different reporting centers.

Private Prisons

Fulham Correctional Centre Fulham Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian prison located in Hopkins Road, Sale, Victoria, Australia. The prison consists of mainstream medium and minimum (fenced and unfenced) security cell blocks, management (solitary), and a ...

, managed by

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Port Phillip Correctional Centre Port Phillip Prison is a maximum security prison located at Truganina, Victoria, Australia. It is Victoria's largest maximum security prison, able to accommodate up to 1117 prisoners. The prison is privately operated on behalf of the Governme ...

, managed by G4S *

Ravenhall Correctional Centre Ravenhall Correctional Centre is a medium-security male prison currently located in Ravenhall, Victoria, Australia. The prison is able to house over 1300 prisoners, and includes capacity for 75 forensic prisoners. It is Victoria's largest pris ...

, managed by

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Department of Justice and Community Safety
{{Authority control Prison and correctional agencies Penal system in Australia

History

Prison management in Victoria

Private Prisons

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