In the matter of the Corrections Act 1997
and
In the matter of an application for parole by Josephine Mary King
24 February 2003
CHAIRMAN: Take a seat there, Ms King. You will be paroled. the determination of the Board is that you will be released with effect from the 14th March 2003 on parole until the 23rd August 2004. We are required by the Corrections Act to give some indications to you as to the reasons why we reached the determinations we have, so to do that it is not necessary for you to comment.
You are currently serving sentences in relation to receiving stolen property, aggravated burglary, stealing and arson, and those sentence do not see you eligible for release without parole until the 23rd May 2004. You have been eligible to be considered for parole for some period of time now.
Your background in relation to your offending history and your personal life is well documented in the pre-parole reports that we have received, and you are no stranger to the parole system.
It is apparent to us that there has been some improvement in relation to your conduct in recent months. The prison file testifies to that and the pre-parole reports tell us as much. In those circumstances and also given that Mrs Heather Barwick who is a Justice of the Peace and Councillor for George Town Council has agreed to support you and provide you with accommodation upon your release, our view is that there is potentially much to be gained on your release on parole and arguably little to be risked.
As I said earlier, your history is such that you have been involved with parole system in the past. You better than anyone would be aware of the stringent conditions upon which you will be permitted to finish serving your sentence in the rest of the community. They require you, amongst other things, to report in person to the Manager of Community Corrections in Launceston, subject to that there are, subject to direction and supervision, you are required basically to do as you are told and you are to obey directions for example as to where you live, and being in associations, both of those are important as we have concerns as you recall as to your proposal for accommodation upon your release and you live where you are told to live and you will associate or not associate with whom you are told to associate or not associate as the case maybe, that may include your daughter Zara. If you are told to stay away from her you will, and equally it may include your co-offender Maxine Carpenter if you’re told to stay away from her you will. So there are the conditions upon which you are released and we wish you luck.
