Community Correctional Services (CCS) and the
Adult Parole Board of Victoria (APB). Corrections
Victoria is responsible for managing prisoners
completing custodial sentences, offenders sentenced
by the courts to serve a Community Corrections Order
(through CCS) and overseeing prisoners released
from prison on parole by the APB. Corrections Victoria
includes an Aboriginal Programs Unit, as part of the
Offending Behaviour Programs Branch.
management, and security of prisons, including
the welfare of prisoners under the Corrections
Act 1986 (Vic) and the associated Corrections
Regulations 2009 (Vic).
prisons for men (including one transitional facility)
and two prisons for women.
Corrections Victoria, including the two women's
prisons Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (DPFC) and
Tarrengower Prison. Two male prisons are privately
owned and operated.
women at DPFC a 300-bed maximum-security
facility accommodating women of all security
levels.
programs, drug and alcohol treatment, health and
wellbeing, and education and training.
security prison located in Maldon (136km north of
Melbourne). Tarrengower provides programs and
services that focus primarily on preparation for
release and community reintegration.
Port Phillip Prison and Fulham Correctional Centre.
This includes reception, remand, sentenced,
management and protection. State of Victoria, Corrections
Victoria, `Transition to Tarrengower', above n 331, 3.
374
human rights standards and the Standard
Guidelines for Corrections in Australia regulates
both publicly and privately operated prisons.
Visitors (IPVs) provide
important oversight.
These volunteers speak
with prisoners and provide
the Minister for Corrections
with independent and
objective advice on the operation
of Victoria's prisons. There are currently
39 volunteers visiting Victorian prisons.
During 2011-12 visitors conducted over 342
prison visits".
Koori IPV's servicing the whole state. This
creates significant challenges for the program.
they undergo a variety of assessments to
determine their security/classification ratings,
location (placement) and treatment needs as part
of their Sentence Plan.
Private prisons are public authorities under s 4 of the
Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006
(Vic); See also, United Nations Standard Minimum Rules
for the Treatment of Prisoners, ESC Res 663C, UN ESCOR,
Supp No 1, at 11, UN Doc E/3048 (31 July 1957); United
Nations Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from
Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, GA Res 3452 (XXX),
annex, 30 UN GAOR Supp No. 34, UN Doc A/10034 (1975);
Standard Guidelines for Corrections in Australia (Revised
2004). <http://www.aic.gov.au/criminal_justice_system/
corrections/reform/standards.html> at 18 July 2013. These
standards also apply Community Correctional Services.
2011-12 Appendix (2012) 213. < https://assets.justice.
vic.gov.au/justice/resources/c9291426-b7b7-4b2e-
a59c-6ddc7589adff/annual_report_appendix2012.pdf>
at 25 July 2013.
State of Victoria, Corrections Victoria, Sentence
Management Manual (2012) Part 2, ch AC3, AC4, AC5.
<http://www.corrections.vic.gov.au/utility/publications+ma
nuals+and+statistics/sentence+management+manual+-
+part+2> at 11 June 2013.