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The County Court Complexthe Care and Rehabilitation ofOffenders. VACRO has a long anddistinguished history of workingwith prisoners in Victoria.One of the aims of the exhibition wasto assist prisoners and their familiesto participate in a meaningful way inthe wider community. With the assistanceof arts workers at VACRO,prisoners or their families created allof the works in the exhibition.Third Party UseThe Court makes its courtrooms andassociated spaces available to thirdparties for appropriate use at timeswhen not in use by the Court. Someof the third parties who used thefacility during 2004–05 included thelaw departments of several universities,WorkSafe, Legal ProfessionTribunal, Law Institute, MedicalPractitioners Board and AustralianHuman Resources Institute.Facility ManagementIn managing the County CourtComplex, the Court maintains aworking relationship with TheLiberty Group (TLG) and its servicepartners, which is subject to theCourt Services Agreement (CSA).The CSA provides for TLG to prepareand deliver an annual report to theContract Administrator andSecretary Department of Justice onthe activities and performance ofTLG and its operators, comprisingAIMS, Interform and Honeywell.In addition to specified contractualreviews, including an InsuranceReview and Court Services Standardsand Operating Manual Review, theAnnual Services Review provides ananalysis of other key contractual andoperational aspects of the complexfor the financial year.Courtroom UseThe graphs and table below detailcourtroom use during 2004–05.From left, the first graph shows acomparison of the number of courtroomdays reserved and the numberof courtroom days used, resulting ina cumulative variation of only 33courtroom days used (27 in2003–04). The Court continued toperform well in courtroom daysused, compared with estimates ofcourtroom use.Cumulative Monthly Court Useshows the cumulative number ofcourtroom days used and reservedper month during 2004–05.The table compiles all statisticsregarding courtroom use during thefinancial year.Three-Year Comparison ofCourtroom Use—2002–03 to2004–05No.90008000700060005000400030002000100002002–032003–04Reserved Courtrooms2004–05Court Days UsedCumulative Monthly CourtUse—2004–05No.900082507500675060005250450037503000225015007500Jul AugSepOct NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun04 04 04 04 04 04 05 05 05 05 05 05Monthly UseMonthly ReservedCourtroom Use in 2004–05Reserved Courtrooms Courtroom CumulativeDays Court DaysMonthly Cumulative Used UsedJul 04 514 514 632 632Aug 04 831 1,345 791 1,423Sep 04 857 2,202 751 2,174Oct 04 812 3,014 766 2,940Nov 04 864 3,878 836 3,776Dec 04 507 4,385 500 4,276Jan 05 395 4,780 334 4,610Feb 05 799 5,579 849 5,459Mar 05 628 6,207 654 6,113Apr 05 850 7,057 859 6,972May 05 890 7,947 893 7,865Jun 05 634 8,581 683 8,548Total 8,581 8,581 8,548 8,54852County Court of Victoria 2004–05 Annual Report