The list of available study options was dishearteningly short and included a basic high school standards skills course and a White Card course.
The Custodial Inspector 2019 20 Annual Report contained a number of details about the department's progress towards the inspection recommendations.
Risdon Prison is overcrowded and understaffed, and now they are battling mass outbreaks of Coronavirus and staff absences.
We welcome the Premier’s confirmation that Ashley Youth Detention Centre is a suitable facility for a therapeutic northern prison.
The Custodial Inspector’s Capacity Utilisation Review 2021 is damning.
Education, training, reintegration and rehabilitative services are not being delivered at the levels that are needed.
As a result of Government policies around community orders, suspended sentences, its 'tough on crime' rhetoric, the prisons population has increased.
It is a matter of record that both these portfolios have been the topic of controversial media over the last week.
The Custodial Inspector's report tabled in parliament on Thursday was a scathing review of Tasmania's prison system and the impact upon prisoners of lockdowns.
The latest ROGS data on Justice again confirms the State has gone backwards, socially, under the Liberals.