The Minister for Corrections and Consumer Protection, the Honourable Nick McKim MP has asked Mr Mick Palmer AO APM to conduct an independent inquiry into the Risdon Prison Complex. The inquiry will investigate, examine and report on matters relating to the Risdon Prison Complex and report back to the Minister by the 28 February 2011.
More information is available from www.justice.tas.gov.au/correctiveservices/risdonprisoninquiry.
To contribute to a safer Tasmania by ensuring the safe, secure containment of inmates and providing them with opportunities for rehabilitation, personal development and community engagement.
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Prison services are provided through facilities located at Risdon, Hobart, Hayes and Launceston. These provide care and custody, at various levels of security, for prisoners, people on remand (detainees) and some people detained under the Criminal Justice (mental Impairment) Act 1999. In Hobart and Launceston, prisons also hold arrested people in police custody.
