❓ Mr Brown questions the Premier on the coordination of offender supervision post-sentence. The Premier asserts coordination exists but acknowledges room for improvement, attributing re-offending to complex factors beyond coordination failures.
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528. Mr BROWN to the Premier:
(1) Is the Government committed to a more coordinated approach across Government to the supervising of offenders at the end of their sentences?
(2) In what ways has the Government so far failed to provide a coordinated approach?
(3) Are there examples of where this failure to provide a coordinated approach has resulted in adult or juvenile offenders committing further crime?
(4) Without revealing the details of the individual, what are a number of examples of where this has occurred due to a lack of coordination across Government?
(1) Is the Government committed to a more coordinated approach across Government to the supervising of offenders at the end of their sentences?
(2) In what ways has the Government so far failed to provide a coordinated approach?
(3) Are there examples of where this failure to provide a coordinated approach has resulted in adult or juvenile offenders committing further crime?
(4) Without revealing the details of the individual, what are a number of examples of where this has occurred due to a lack of coordination across Government?
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Answered
14 November 2000
Response time
90 days
The Minister Replied:
(1) Yes
(2) The Government has not failed to provide a coordinated approach to supervising offenders. For example the Drug Abuse Strategy has forged much closer relationships between the Ministry of Justice, the WA Drug Abuse Strategy Office and other treatment service providers. Other initiatives include the amalgamation of adult and juvenile community based services to facilitate better service integration, the appointment of prison-based Community Corrections Officers to assist the transition of offenders from prison into the community and coordinated approach to the treatment of domestic violence perpetrators.
However the Government recognises that still more needs to be done in this important area.
(3)-(4) Some offenders under supervision do commit further crimes. While it is almost impossible to attribute a lack of coordination as a cause of failure, there are still areas where better case coordination between agencies is achievable. The Strong Families pilot program at Albany and Midland and the Aboriginal Cyclic Offending Program at Geraldton and Midland both exemplify steps taken to achieve this objective.
(1) Yes
(2) The Government has not failed to provide a coordinated approach to supervising offenders. For example the Drug Abuse Strategy has forged much closer relationships between the Ministry of Justice, the WA Drug Abuse Strategy Office and other treatment service providers. Other initiatives include the amalgamation of adult and juvenile community based services to facilitate better service integration, the appointment of prison-based Community Corrections Officers to assist the transition of offenders from prison into the community and coordinated approach to the treatment of domestic violence perpetrators.
However the Government recognises that still more needs to be done in this important area.
(3)-(4) Some offenders under supervision do commit further crimes. While it is almost impossible to attribute a lack of coordination as a cause of failure, there are still areas where better case coordination between agencies is achievable. The Strong Families pilot program at Albany and Midland and the Aboriginal Cyclic Offending Program at Geraldton and Midland both exemplify steps taken to achieve this objective.
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