The report made 11 recommendations as follows:
Recommendation 1
Establish supports at Boronia for graduates of the Wandoo therapeutic community.
Recommendation 2
Provide adequate facilities for the welfare of Wandoo staff.
Recommendation 3
Assess the effectiveness of an on-site Intelligence Collator that could be shared across facilities with similar need.
Recommendation 4
Consider opportunities for custodial staff to be more involved in relevant aspects of the Wandoo therapeutic community.
Recommendation 5
Develop a strategy for managing Wandoo residents that need to be housed separately from the main population.
Recommendation 6
Establish regular information sharing opportunities between Wandoo health service staff and health service staff in other prisons to which Wandoo residents are being transferred.
Recommendation 7
Develop opportunities for the Aboriginal Mental Health Worker to be more involved in relevant aspects of the Wandoo therapeutic community.
Recommendation 8
Explore opportunities to improve dental services for Wandoo residents.
Recommendation 9
Improve communication and relations between management and staff at Wandoo.
Recommendation 10
Any future revision of the Wandoo Service Agreement should include specific and measurable performance indicators, while maintaining flexibility as to how outcomes are achieved.
Recommendation 11
Develop a Wandoo staff training strategy, which includes training about the therapeutic community model of treatment.

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