In the matter of the Corrections Act 1997
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In the matter of an applicationfor parole by DG Walsh
13 May 2003
CHAIRMAN: Take a seat Mr Walsh. Mr Walsh the Board has considered your application for parole and it is the decision of the Board that you be granted parole. The reason the Board is granting you parole is it considers that you, your interests, your rehabilitation will be better served by being released on parole rather than remaining incarcerated. For that reason you will be paroled on the 27 May 2003 until the 19 October 2007.
Now I point out that that’s based upon your latest release date from prison because, as you’re aware, when your parole was automatically revoked by the Court of Petty Sessions sentence, conviction, you had to, you were obliged to serve all of that sentence that you hadn’t been serving whilst you were on parole, OK? You’ll have to be far more careful so far as complying with your conditions of parole in not associating with people who are going to get you into trouble. You think of yourself and your family.
The 27 May 2003, that’s two weeks from today. There are a number of conditions which we’ll attach to your parole. You will be given a copy of those conditions as you have been done in the past but I’ll just go through a couple of them with you. The first of those is that immediately upon your release you must report to the Manager of Community Corrections in Hobart, in other words that’s as soon as you get out not when it’s convenient to you. You must report to your probation officer in a manner and at the places and times as directed by that Probation Officer. You must obey all of the reasonable directions of your Probation Officer if you fail to do that or if indeed you fail to comply with your conditions of parole you’ll in all likelihood find yourself coming back before our Board and having to explain your conduct with the possibility that your parole could be revoked. You must obey all the Probation Officer’s directions in relation to associates but in particular you must not associate yourself with (name deleted) and (name deleted). You should be careful about that, if they call you, you hang up. That’s fine, as long as you understand. Because if in your mind, just, just to explain what (inaudible) like that, if in your mind you think I’ll just get rid of this call or whatever but you’re not too sure about how to go about it you have in the back of your mind a condition of your parole that if you associate yourself with these people you have breached, you know straight away not to have any contact whatsoever with them. That’s right, it’s there to assist you. You must refrain from excessive consumption of intoxicating liquor, that’s not to say you can’t have a drink, but you certainly can’t get drunk. You must not enter or remain upon licence premises during the first three months of your parole, OK.
I wish you all the best with your parole, I hope it works for you this time. You’re in effect starting a whole parole period again, so I hope that these conditions assist you as they are designed to do and that that period of parole will go nice and quickly for you and help you to reintegrate into the community. Thank you. I indicate then so far as the order relates to your release on 27 May 2003 I vacate that order and substitute an order that you be released on the 20 May 2003 OK? Thank you.
