Corrections Amendment (Electronic Monitoring) Bill 2020
It is only a short bill, which gives power to the Parole Board to specify conditions relating to the electronic monitoring of a parolee.
It is only a short bill, which gives power to the Parole Board to specify conditions relating to the electronic monitoring of a parolee.
The Greens commend the decision to suspend all prison visits, but remain concerned about the potential high risk for coronavirus transmission.
Today we are presented with a bill that seeks to keep people in prisons after their sentences have been served because they might commit a crime.
Prisoners who are suitable to be released on parole are being forced to stay in prison because they can't get housing.
The Minister for Human Services, Jacquie Petrusma, told ABC Radio putting ex-prisoners onto a priority housing list is a "job done" by Housing Connect.
Last year you axed the funding to the reintegration of ex-offenders program, REO, run by the Salvation Army.
When they axed the Reintegration of Ex-Offenders Program, the Liberals promised they would improve housing and assistance for ex-inmates.