Corrections and Rehabilitation – workers’ compensation
Do you have a figure for the number that are currently on workers compensation?
Do you have a figure for the number that are currently on workers compensation?
Before I start, I just want to provide a warning to people watching or reading that I have a series of questions about a coronial investigation into a suicide in custody.
An ABC article of May 7 this year questions whether the TPS has implemented adequately their 2009 transgender prisoner policy.
Minister, in last year's annual report, the Custodial Inspector said: I regularly hear about matters of concern in custodial centres from people working or housed there, but unfortunately some people who have raised their concerns with my office have also reported that their actions in speaking with my office were sometimes not well received.
I note that the director of prisons responded that this was in fact the result of a series of decisions made by this doctor.
I understand in 2022 there were 1500 people released from full time custody.
I have a recommendation from 2018, from the Custodial Inspector, who noted that the prisoner pay scale at that point had not changed for 11 years.
What we have is a prison system in Tasmania which is more than bursting at its seams.
The latest Justice Report on Government Services paints a bleak picture of the Liberal Government’s justice failures.
The Supreme Court’s decision to suspend jury trials, while right for the safety of those called to do jury duty, will mean justice is delayed for many.