1. Ensure that the level of resourcing for transitional services is commensurate with demand and prisoner risk.
  2. Implement options to improve access to transitional services such as transitional clerks, orientation presentations and processes that identify ‘high needs’ prisoners.
  3. Provide access to relevant sections of the TOMS database to all Re-entry Link service providers.
  4. Establish a risk and needs based criteria to prioritise prisoners’ access to throughcare support.
  5. Replace the contract monitoring data portal with an information system that promotes evidence-based decision-making.
  6. Develop a comprehensive performance management framework to monitor Re-entry Link service agreement outcomes.

Agency response to recommendations

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Transitional services in Western Australian Prisons