Department of Justice Disability Action Plan

The Department of Justice is committed to the Tasmanian Government’s Disability Framework for Action 2005-2010, a whole-of-government approach to policy and planning, service delivery and evaluation that seeks to remove barriers and enable people with disability to enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other Tasmanians.

To this end the Department of Justice has undertaken and completed many of the Agency commitments under the Framework, namely:

• Supporting and protecting both people with a disability and their carers through the Relationships Act 2003, which recognises a category of ‘caring relationship’ where one or both people in the relationship provide domestic support and personal care to the other;
• Supporting the role of the Guardianship and Administration Board and the Public Guardian to oversee the appointment of guardians, protect people with disabilities who are unable to make decisions for themselves, investigate allegations of abuse and promote the rights and dignity of people with disabilities;
• Providing support for clients with a disability within the criminal justice system, including the appointment of court liaison officers;
• Prohibiting discrimination through the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 and providing for the investigation and conciliation of discrimination complaints by the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner;
• Educating the community about the principles and practices of anti-discrimination;
• Incorporating the needs of people with a disability in the design of the new Risdon Prison, including providing disability access accommodation and accessible walkways; and,
• Establishing a Secure Mental Health Unit adjacent to the new Risdon Prison complex for people with acute mental illness who require specialist mental health inpatient treatment. This facility is operated by the Department of Health and Human Services but its construction formed part of the broader Risdon redevelopment project run by this Agency.

Acknowledgements

Secretary's Foreword

Department of Justice Disability Action Plan 2005 - 2010 - HTML version

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