Prisoners' Legal Service, Inc

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere - Martin Luther King

Corrective Services Act Review

To contact us:

Administration Line: 07 3846 5074

Freecall: 1800 813 940

Legal Advice Line: 07 3846 3384

Facsimile: 07 3846 2703

E-mail: pls@plsqld.com

 

Telephone Advice service available Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00am to 1:00pm. Call the legal advice line. Queensland prisoners can call this service through the internal Arunta Phone System at their correctional centre. 

The next stakeholders meeting for all prison interagency members and interested parties involved with this legislative review takes place between:

 

2:00pm—4:00pm Monday 21 February 2005

at the PLS/CPM office meeting room

See “contact us” for directions to the office

 

As discussed at the last stakeholder meeting on 2 February 2005, an email group has been established for the purposes of general discussion, the attachment of draft submissions, and strategy brainstorming. Primarily, this email group will be focused on responding to the DCS discussion papers, but is not merely limited to that scope.

 

The email address is:

            

             csareview@yahoogroups.com

 

Important Information:

For those who have nominated to have their email accounts placed in the email group, please read the following.

 

             You will receive an email from Yahoogroups requesting you to join the group. Please              click on the link and your account will be verified. Failure to do so means that you will              not receive any emails sent out to the group and you will not be able to send an              email to the mailing list. If you do not receive the above email, please contact              pls@plsqld.com

 

For those who wish to place another email address or if you are interested in joining this group, please contact coordinator@plsqld.com with an explanation of who you are, what organization you represent, and your level of interest in our discussions.   

 

 

For more information concerning the process of the CSA review, please refer to the Department of Corrective Services Website on the legislative review.

 

DCS Legislation Review link

 

 

Discussion Papers

 

Prisoner Classification
Separation
Offences and Penalties
Prisoners with special needs
Searches
Prisoner review and complaint mechanisms
Victims of crime
Release from custody
Visitors
Community based release
Community Corrections Boards
Powers and responsibilities of community corrections staff
Official Visitors

 

 

Various Submissions & Reports

 

Prisoners Legal Service Submission to the Corrective Services Legislation Review 1999-2000

Prisoners Legal Service Submission to the Corrective Services Bill 2000

QLD Prison Interagency Response to the Corrective Services Bill 2000

Catholic Prison Ministry Press Release re Corrective Services Bill 2000

Corrections in the Balance—Peach Report

 

 

PSMC Review of the Queensland Corrective Services Commission 1993

 

Introduction

Summary of Recommendations

The Reform Agenda

Commission Management

People in Prisons

Community Corrections

Commission and External Relationships

Accountability and Monitoring

Implementation Financial Implications Review Methodology

 


DCS—Business Model Review

 

Business Model Review

 

 

Women In Prison Review—Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland & Sisters Inside

 

media release

background of review

terms of reference

submission from Sisters Inside

how to lodge a submission

submission proforma

confidentiality and submissions

making a complaint to the Anti-Discrimination Commission Qld