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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.

Parole Awareness sessions

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Parole Awareness sessions are facilitated by the Parole Board Secretary. They are assisted by staff from the Tasmania Prison Service Planning and Reintegration team and Community Corrections.

The Parole Board does not require a prisoner to attend a session before they are released on a Parole Order, but the Board is told whether a prisoner has attended.

Aim of the sessions

The sessions aim to provide prisoners with information about:

how to apply for parole
how the Parole Board makes its decisions
the expectations of them if a Parole Order is made

Content

Parole Awareness sessions provide information about:

the Parole Board
the information considered by the Parole Board
the services who provide information to the Parole Board to assist their decision
the role of a Probation Officer
the conditions of a Parole Order
the process for interstate Parole Order transfers
what happens if conditions of a Parole Order are broken

Eligibility and participation

Any prisoner can volunteer to attend a session, whether they are due for parole or not. Usually, the Tasmania Prison Service Planning and Reintegration team will let prisoners know about upcoming sessions.

Location

The program is held in each of the prison divisions in the southern region of Tasmania.

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Last updated: 8 August 2022

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