Page 1568 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 31 March 2009
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ACT Corrective Services will operate a “through care” model of case management for each prisoner at the AMC. Within this model each prisoner will have his or her own case manager who will work with them to develop an individual rehab plan and a pre-release plan. The plans look at addressing offending behaviour and map out education and training pathways to maximise employment opportunities upon release and to ease transition back into the community.
At the AMC the prisoner’s day will be structured around work, programs, visits, vocational education and training, and recreation.
Mr Hanson: They won’t be going to the gym, will they?
MR HARGREAVES: Therapeutic and criminogenic programs will cover such areas as sex offenders, family violence, and alcohol and other drugs.
Mr Hanson: They can gaze at the artwork.
MR HARGREAVES: Mr Speaker, would you please ask Mr Hanson to desist from trying to treat us like little soldiers in his platoon. I do not appreciate it.
Mr Hanson: You wouldn’t have quite made it.
MR HARGREAVES: There he goes again.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR HARGREAVES: How easy is it? I wish fishing was this easy.
Opposition members interjecting—
MR HARGREAVES: Okay, yes.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Let’s hear the minister.
MR HARGREAVES: Good on ya. Mr Speaker, the AMC will also see the introduction of segregated therapeutic communities for men and women prisoners with moderate to high level drug and alcohol addiction. Therapeutic communities provide prisoners who have similar offence histories, particularly relating to drug and alcohol abuse, an environment in which they can form relationships of support as well as accessing targeted rehabilitation programs. It will have a transitional release program and this will be another tool where we can assist people in their rehabilitation.
This prison is a state-of-the-art facility. It is a very good facility that we have provided to the people of the ACT despite their opposition. We have moved; we are entering into a new era in corrective services, from the rehousing model of the 19th century, through the rehabilitation model in the 20th century, into the restorative principles model in the 21st century.
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