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Justice and public safety Responsive public safety services and an effective justice system play a critical role in ensuring our communities are safe, inclusive and sustainable. Through a network of infrastructure across the state, the Queensland Government provides the community with fair and timely justice services, secure custodial detention and correctional facilities, and essential police, emergency response and disaster management services. Queensland’s public safety and justice assets include prisons, courts, police and emergency service stations, training facilities and extensive ICT networks. In recent years, irregular growth in prisoner numbers and prison capacity and facilities that are ageing or not fit-forpurporse has resulted in significant pressure on justice infrastructure. Public safety agencies have primarily focused on investing in locations and service delivery that helps improve emergency response times. A range of demand drivers will influence the need for future infrastructure investment. These include a growing and ageing population, an increase in the severity and frequency of natural disasters and changing community expectations of government services. An increasing array of emerging social issues and crime trends must also be addressed. This includes domestic and family violence, mental health issues and substance abuse, as well as the threat of terrorism and cyber-crime. The predicted increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, including the possibility of southward movement of tropical cyclones into more densely populated areas of Queensland, will pose significant challenges to public safety agencies in the future. A renewed focus on whole-of-government approaches that recognise and address the causes of crime may help reduce demand on services over time. Improved community supervision and diversionary justice processes also have a role to play. Addressing changes in the profile of prison and youth justice populations, including more women prisoners, an ageing prisoner profile and detainees with mental illness or complex needs, may require targeted investment in special purpose infrastructure. Emergency services integrated response New technology increasingly provides opportunities for improvements to electronic intelligence capabilities, online service provision and greater use of electronic communication, such as videoconferencing, to deliver services to the community. However, these advances, along with the age and complexity of existing infrastructure, further reinforce the need to undertake maintenance or upgrades. While some new infrastructure will be required in the future, particularly to accommodate population growth south-west of Brisbane, increased access to digital services and changes to service delivery models provides an opportunity to optimise existing infrastructure where it is more cost-effective prior to making new investments. In regional and remote communities, this may include multi-agency service delivery under one roof, improving the sustainability of assets and enhancing their community amenity. JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSES The Queensland Government has developed responses to address identified challenges and guide investment across both the 1–4 year program and future opportunities. Most projects or opportunities relate to at least one response, however some will relate to more than one response. As the SIP matures, the relationship between responses and these programs will strengthen. Innovatively manage the need for new infrastructure using demand management strategies. Increase the use of technology to integrate services. Rationalise underutilised facilities and those that are no longer fit-forpurpose. Enhance community safety through digital capabilities. 90 State Infrastructure Plan Part B: Program
Justice and public safety Queensland’s justice and public safety assets 335 police stations Queensland Police Service 2 police hubs 48 neighbourhood police beats 43 police beat shopfronts Queensland Fire and Emergency Services 242 stations 433 rural stations Courthouses 87 courthouses 4 community justice centres Youth detention 2 centres 10 high security correctional centres Correctional services 6 low security correctional centres 13 work camps Between January 2012 and June 2015 Queensland experienced a 31% increase in prisoner numbers (5598 to 7344 prisoners) In 2014–15 high security centres were operating at 105% built bed capacity for male prisoners and 125% Between January 2012 and June 2015 Queensland experienced 68% growth in average daily prisoner population for women (424 to 713 prisoners) 68% for female prisoners State Infrastructure Plan Part B: Program 91
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