This is the seventh report of an announced inspection of the Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women (Boronia) by the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services (the Office). Boronia opened in May 2004, replacing Nyandi Women’s Prison as Western Australia’s only dedicated minimum-security female facility. Based on international best practice, this Office has consistently found Boronia to be a women-centred facility, delivering empowerment, genuine choices and individual responsibility, focused on effective support for reintegration into the community (OICS, 2009, p. v; OICS, 2012, p. iii; OICS, 2015, p. iii; OICS, 2018, p. iii).

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161: Inspection of Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women