Correctional Services (CCS) supervises adult
offenders sentenced to a Community Corrections
Order
based on the circumstances of the offence, the
offender's needs and situation, and the direction of
the court.
all offenders on that date.
Over the same period, the number of non-Koori
females on community orders did not change.
This means that Koori women accounted for the
entire increase in female offender numbers on
orders.
per cent of supervised CCOs registered to Koori
people were successfully completed, a decline
from 62.8 per cent successfully completed CCOs
the previous year. For unsupervised orders the
successful completion rate fell to 46.3 per cent in
2011-12, down from 67.2 per cent in 2010-11.
The new CCO commenced 16 January 2012. This
single order has replaced Community Based Orders,
Intensive Correction Orders and Combined Custody
and Treatment Orders.
State of Victoria, Department of Justice, Orders.
<http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/home/sentencing/
community+orders/> at 18 July 2013.
State of Victoria, Corrections Victoria, `Indigenous
Offenders and Prisoners Data Report to the July 2013
AJF' above n 1.
From 79 to 138 between February 2008 and February
2013. State of Victoria, Department of Justice, Koori
Justice Unit, above n 8.
From the period of 16 January to 30 September
2012, 457 CCOs were registered for Koori offenders.
Koori women were subject to 105 of those CCOs,
representing 9.5 per cent of the total of female
offenders. State of Victoria, `Indigenous Offenders and
Prisoners November 2012', above n 4.
that where placed on Community Corrections
Orders, Koori offenders are more likely report
having breached an order. Although drawn from
a period prior to the introduction of the new CCO,
in 2010-11 only 32.4 per cent of Koori people
on a Community Corrections Order reported
having never breached an order, compared to
43.7 per cent of non-Koories. 10.8 per cent of
Koori offenders reported breaching a community
corrections order five or more times, compared
to just 6.8 per cent of non-Koori
offenders.
Leading Community
Corrections Officers in
Victoria. They undertake
a restricted caseload
of general Community
Corrections Services work,
and specialist functions to ensure the
specific needs of Aboriginal offenders are
met. They provide a case consultancy role
to other CCS Officers regarding responsive
service provision to Aboriginal offenders and
assist to develop and maintain relationships
between prisons, CCS locations and the
Aboriginal community and organisations.
who have long criminal histories, often with
unsuccessful community orders or breaches of
parole. Analysis of offenders receiving terms of
imprisonment of less than three months showed
that short-term Koori prisoners were more likely to
have had multiple prior community-based orders.
maximise successful completion of CCOs is a vital
contributor to driving down imprisonment rates for
Koori women. Unfortunately, there are few dedicated
programs for Koori women currently in operation.
State of Victoria, Sentencing Advisory Council,
`Comparing Sentencing Outcomes', above n 49, 55.