prisoners' access to out-of-cell hours, programs,
frequency and duration of telephone calls, number
and type of visits, other prisoners and work. These
restrictions may amount to solitary confinement,
such as though limiting a prisoner to their cell for
up to 23 hours per day.
mental health unit and service for women prisoners
who experience mental illness at the Dame Phyllis
Frost Centre (DPFC). The Marrmak Integrated
Mental Health Service includes a specialist mental
health in-patient unit, as well as out-patient,
outreach, consultancy, and training services at
DPFC.
(q.v.) after serving a minimum term.
a crime and have been refused bail. Remandees
are held in custody before and during their trial
(on criminal charges) by order of a court, although
they may be bailed at any point. Generally,
remandees will be held in special remand facilities
and will have fewer restrictions placed on them
than convicted prisoners.
was official government policy from 1909 to 1969,
although the practice took place both before and
after this period. The generations of children who
were forcibly taken from their families became
known as the Stolen Generations.
with removal is acknowledged as contributing to
the over-representation of Koori people in prison.
security ratings, management and needs of the
prisoner, community protection, and the efficient
and effective operation of the prison. Assessment
is ongoing throughout the prisoner's sentence.
Magistrates' Court and not sent for trial before a
judge and jury.