Review Announcement: Non-Custodial Staffing Shortage
People in custody should be provided the opportunity to address their primary health, mental health, and social care needs through access to appropriate services. They must also be supported to change their behaviours and attitudes through tailored programs and services which address their needs and support desistence. These services and supports are delivered by non-custodial …
Australian NPM Statement: Reintroduction of spit hoods in the NT
The Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services (WA) has joined other members of the Australian National Preventive Network (NPM) in a joint statement on the reintroduction of spit hoods for children in the Northern Territory. The statement calls on the NT Government to listen to informed local NT voices, and for all Australian governments to …
Australian NPM Submission: Australia’s youth justice and incarcerated system
The Office was pleased to contribute and be signatory to the Australian National Preventive Mechanism’s (NPM) submission to the Senate inquiry examining the country’s youth justice and incarceration system. The Submission makes six recommendations to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee and urges careful consideration of the findings and recommendation made by the National …
Announced Inspection of Acacia Prison
Today the Office commenced its announced inspection of Acacia Prison. It’s our first inspection of Acacia since the February 2022 riot. We will be onsite looking at innovation and recovery since that time using our Revised Code of Inspection Standards for Adult Custodial Services. You can read the Revised Standards here. Click here to read …
Submission: Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system
The Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services has made a submission to the Australian Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, for the inquiry examining Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system. The short submission focusses on four of the six Terms of Reference: the outcomes and impacts of youth incarceration in jurisdictions across Australia …
Australian NPM Submission to the Committee Against Torture
The Australian National Preventive Mechanism has made a shadow submission to the Committee Against Torture to support its consideration of Australia’s state party follow-up submission under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT). The submission focuses on a range of recent developments since the Committee’s sixth periodic review …
People in custody with an intellectual disability
This review examined the identification, management and supports available to people with intellectual disabilities in Western Australian custodial facilities.
Australian NPM Annual Report – 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023
This is the first Annual Report of the Australian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) and covers the period 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023. It provides a snapshot of how OPCAT has been implemented in Australia. It includes discussion of the following common themes of collective concern that have been identified by members of the …
