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Community Corrections

- About Community Corrections
- About us
  Information about Community Corrections Tasmania.
- Community Partnerships
  Community Corrections works with a wide range of community-based organisations to support offenders in the community.
- Contact us
  How to contact Community Corrections Tasmania and the location of its offices.
- Careers
- Working at Community Corrections
  Career and work opportunities at Community Corrections.
- Working as a Probation Officer
  Working as a Probation Officer with Community Corrections Tasmania.
- Applying for work
  How to apply for work with Community Corrections Tasmania.
- Orders
- Community Correction Orders
  A Community Correction Order allows an individual to remain in the community while serving their sentence.
- Home Detention
  Home Detention Orders require an offender to be at a specified premise, during specified times and to comply with strict conditions, including electronic monitoring.
- Community Service
  Community service involves unpaid work under the direction of a Probation Officer or a Community Service Supervisor. Community service may be required in sentencing or for unpaid infringment fines.
- Court Mandated Diversion and Drug Treatment Orders
  A Court Mandated Diversion is a sentencing option that diverts eligible offenders into treatment for their drug use.
- Parole Orders
  A Parole Order allows a prisoner to serve part of their sentence in the community under strict conditions monitored by their Probation Officer.
- Programs
- EQUIPS Programs
  The Explore, Question, Understand, Investigate, Practice, Succeed (EQUIPS) programs help medium to high risk offenders with a history of addiction, aggression, and domestic abuse.
- Family Violence Offender Intervention
  The Family Violence Offender Intervention Program (FVOIP) is for people with a history of family violence offences.
- Sober Driver Program
  The Sober Driver Program is designed for repeat drink driving offenders.

Intent of the program (Court Mandated Diversion)

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Many offenders appearing in court face complex issues. Drug abuse can have significant impacts on individuals, their families and the community.

The Court Mandated Diversion (CMD) program aims to break the drug-crime cycle. It provides access to drug, alcohol, or other welfare services.

CMD helps offenders to deal with their drug use and break their contact cycle with the criminal justice system.

Other goals of the CMD program are to help offenders:

to acknowledge and address offending behaviour caused by drug abuse
improve physical and psychological wellbeing
in abstaining from drug use
develop relapse prevention strategies for long-term changes
prevent relapse into drug use and criminal behaviour
gain stability with their physical and mental health
build positive relationships with their family
become involved in the community through education, employment, and other pro-social activities

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Last updated: 8 August 2022

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