The Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services (the Office) is an independent statutory agency responsible for the inspection of adult prisons, youth detention centres, court custody centres and prescribed lock-ups. Under the Inspector of Custodial Services Act 2003 the Office is required to inspect each custodial facility and report to Parliament at least once …

The Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services will be undertaking a set of three reviews that each address underlying reasons for and impacts of overpopulation. Together the reviews will investigate systemic issues influencing the cycle of overpopulation, and the impacts on both prisons and the wider justice system.

The Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services will be inspecting Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison in May 2026. This will be the ninth inspection of Eastern Goldfields, and the fourth inspection since the new facility opened in 2016 as part of a Public Private Partnership. The prison is a minimum and medium-security prison for men …

This month the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services will be commencing a review of the policies guiding operations undertaken following suspected transfer of bodily fluids from prisoner to prison officer. Enacted in 2020, section 46A of the Prisons Act 1981 allows for access of prisoner medical records and taking of prisoner body samples …