Aboriginal Cultural Immersion Program (ACIP)
aims to provide Koori prisoners with an increased
understanding of their cultural identity to reduce
the risk of reoffending.
families of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
prisoners to visit their family members in custody.
It recognises the importance of maintaining the
prisoner's family relationships and links with their
community.
plays a critical role in supporting Koori prisoners
and assisting their preparation for release
by providing links to and liaising with their
family, support agencies and Koori community
organisations.
women and men exiting the prison system. The
program is designed to assist Koori women and
men for release
provides a Koori art program to all Koori women at
DPFC.
vocational training and education programs to
Koori women at DPFC.
healing' offered to all Koori prisoners. It provides
Koori prisoners the opportunity to deal with issues
associated with removal in culturally appropriate
and supportive environment.
All information regarding prison programs is from Dame
Phyllis Frost Centre Programs Directory 2011.
Carmel Barry, `The Aboriginal Cultural Immersion
Program', paper presented at the Best Practice
in Corrections for Indigenous People Conference,
Adelaide, (1999) 4.
Aboriginal Family Visits program is delivered by the
Victorian Association for the Care and Resettlement
of Offenders. <http://www.vacro.org.au/SERVICES/
FAMILIES.aspx> at 13 June 2013.
The Aboriginal Wellbeing Officer an Indigenous
identified position.
24 hour group aims to introduce women (with
a sentence of at least three months) to issues
around drug use such as identifying and labelling
feelings, relationship issues, coping strategies,
anger management and relapse prevention.
participants to address some of their issues
underlying their drug and/or alcohol abuse.
intensive program
with a sentence of greater than four months.
counselling
accessed by all new receptions to DPFC. It
provides women with information about what
programs and services are available and how
these can be accessed in the prison. Open to all
prisoners except women returning to prison within
three months of completing orientation.
designed to assist prisoners in their preparation for
release to lower the risk of drug use.
Corrections Victoria:
Anger management program for women is a
moderate intensity program that explores issues
related to anger and offending behaviour.
guidelines for how to best manage prisoners
with behavioural difficulties
prisoners) provides individual sessions to women
who are experiencing difficulties in adjusting/
coping with imprisonment.
readiness program that aims to increase levels
of motivation to deal with the issues that lead to
offending.
prisoners assessed as unsuitable for group
programs
behaviour.