2015-16

OUTPUTS AND PERFORMANCE
Output Groups
Introduction
The Department was funded through five output
groups in 2015-16, being: Custodial Services,
Correctional Industries and Employment,
Community Corrections, Youth Justice and
Corporate and Governance.
Following a restructure, the output group Custodial
Services changed in March 2016, to include Youth
Detention and Industries and Employment, and was
renamed Custodial Operations.
This output group provides:
• a safe, secure and humane custodial
service including rehabilitation and care of
adult prisoners and youth detainees;
• targeted and relevant educational and
training opportunities to adult prisoners
and youth detainees;
• the establishment and growth of
correctional industries as a commercial
enterprise within a correctional
environment;
• targeted and relevant employment
opportunities for adult prisoners via
correctional centre based, outside or
private employment; and
• promoting the generation of revenue
through the establishment and growth of
those correctional industries.
Adult correctional facilities include the Darwin
Correctional Centre at Holtze, the Alice Springs
Correctional Centre, the Barkly Work Camp in
Tennant Creek and the Datjala Work Camp in
Nhulunbuy.
Community Corrections is comprised of Community
Corrections and the Parole Board Secretariat.
Youth Justice was renamed Correctional
Programs and Services in March 2016, with
the move of Youth Detention to Custodial
Operations. This division is now comprised of
Offender Programs, including Reintegration,
Indigenous and Youth programs and Youth
Justice Policy.
This output group contributes to community
safety by reducing offending and re-offending
through targeted programs and services.
This output group provides:
• administration of youth diversion and
support programs through grants;
• targeted and evidence based
programs and services to meet the
criminogenic needs of offenders to
increase community safety;
• access to rehabilitation support,
including pre and post release
support to offenders to assist in
reducing the rate of recidivism;
• the Early Intervention Youth Boot
Camp Program that aims to prevent
young people from entering the
youth justice system and the
Sentenced Youth Boot Camp
Program that aims to break the cycle
of offending behaviour of young
people in the justice system; and
• a structured environment in which
offenders are given opportunities to
address their offending behaviour
and to successfully reintegrate with
the community.
This output group provides:
• assessment, monitoring and supervision
services to community based adult and
youth offenders in line with orders issued
by the courts and the Parole Board; and
• secretariat support to the Parole Board,
undertaking all associated administrative
duties.
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