Department Of Justice Nsw

Kirkconnell Correctional Centre inmates have been doing a bloomin’ good job maintaining parks and preparing gardens ahead of the Daffodils at Rydal festival this weekend.
The group of carefully selected minimum –security inmates have ramped-up their grounds-keeping efforts at local parks and gardens to ensure the rural village is at its flowery best.
Kirkconnell Manager of Security Lennox Peter said preparing for the annual spring festival is just one of the many ways the gro...up gives back to the community.
“Our Community Projects Team supports the communities around Kirkconnell - and as far away as Blackheath – by contributing to the maintenance and upkeep of various public spaces,” Mr Peter said.
“This work helps inmates develop a good work ethic and work as a team to accomplish set tasks, ensuring they are prepared for employment upon their release.”
#CSNSW #reducingreoffending #daffodilsatrydal #kirkconnell
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Corrective Services NSW congratulates the latest round of recruits, who graduated today at Brush Farm Corrective Services Academy, in Sydney’s northwest.
Among the 56 custodial-officer graduates are former tradespeople, university students, IT specialists, nursing and hospitality workers, and Army and security officers, whose previous experience brings a richness and unique viewpoint to their new roles.
Seventeen Community Corrections graduates also attained their Certificate... Four in Correctional Practice, and five custodial officers attained their Certificate III in Correctional Practice.
They were welcomed by Acting Commissioner Rosemary Caruana and Epping MP Damien Tudehope.
Congratulations to all – and welcome to the CSNSW family.
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Illawarra Reintegration Centre inmates are building better facilities for scouts, soccer players – and even birds of prey - while contributing up to $30,000 work to the community each month.
The group of 25 carefully selected minimum-security inmates spent 1,722 working-hours in the Illawarra and Southern Highlands communities last month as part of the centre’s Community Projects Team.
Illawarra Reintegration Centre Governor Faith Slatcher said the team had taken on work for ...Berrima Correctional Centre as it transitioned from a male to female prison.
“Our Community Project Team is a fabulous support for many local groups who don’t always have the time, money or volunteers available to keep up with their organisations’ needs,” Ms Slatcher said.
“In August alone our team completed vital building, maintenance and grounds-keeping work at 19 sites, including a bird rehabilitation facility at Fitzroy Falls, the Bong Bong Racecourse, Moss Vale Showground and Bargo Dingo Sanctuary.
“By taking on this additional community work we’re able to support these organisations through Berrima Correctional Centre’s transition, while providing opportunities for offenders to learn different skills.”
The teams are led by Corrective Services NSW overseers with trade qualifications, who provide the offenders with valuable skills and training.
Their recent work includes repairs to Higher Grounds Raptors aviaries, building a retaining wall at the Corrimal Cougars Rugby League Football Club, building a deck at Tarrawanna Soccer Club, installing bench seats at Mt Keira Scout Camp and painting jumps at the Stony Range Pony Club.
Overseer Mark Gallagher said the projects help offenders develop a strong work ethic, complete goals and strengthen their ties with the community.
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Minister Troy Grant will open the upcoming #WSUPolCrimExpo on 14 September. Hear from experts in the field and network with reps from the security, cyber, policing, social sci and public service industry.

The 10th annual cricket day held between staff of Grafton Intake and Transient Centre and the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre was an outstanding success, raising $1,010 - or $2 for every run scored - for the Buy A Bale appeal.
With bragging rights at stake and Grafton leading 5-4 in the victory tally, competition was keen. In the end Grafton came out on top and with team spokesman Tim Kinnane assuring tongue-in-cheek that the result is not important. We’re sure it will be... an incentive for Mid North Coast to train well in advance of next year’s 11th annual game.
In other fantastic news, the fundraiser helped push the Department of Justice Buy A Bale Appeal past its $25,000 target (although the progressive tally has yet to show)!
Congratulations to all who have assisted so far. To donate, go to buyabale.com.au/donate/?supporter_id=7447 7
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FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THE CONSERVATION OF WAR MEMORIALS AND FOR REMEMBRANCE PROJECTS
Applications to the Community War Memorials Fund (CWMF) and the Anzac Community Grants Program (ACGP) are open until Remembrance Day, 11 November 2018.
The CWMF provides grants of up to $10,000 to protect, conserve and repair war memorials including statues, honour rolls and memorial halls which commemorate the Anzac legacy.
... The ACGP provides grants of up to $2,000 to schools, community organisations and veterans groups to recognise Australia’s military service, educate a new generation and support the NSW veteran community.
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Hundreds of local residents packed the front area of Grafton Intake and Transient Centre last Saturday to celebrate the prison’s 125th anniversary. They were fascinated by the efforts of Governor Michelle Paynter and staff to explain just what goes on behind the walls. Popular displays included Corrective Services Industries, the Cooma Museum, and the Court Escort Security Unit. A cake was cut and a plaque unveiled, while a staff stall raised money for struggling farmers.
A h...ighlight of the event was the dog display by the K9 Unit of the Security Operations Group. The crowd was entranced by scenarios of inmates being chased, visitors searched, and hidden drugs and mobile phones being discovered by our big-sniffing canines.
Corrections Minister David Elliott spoke, introduced by Commissioner Peter Severin, and local member Chris Gulaptis was part of the official party.
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Work on the Cessnock Correctional Complex’s 240-bed expansion will soon begin following a sod turning ceremony today.
The minimum-security expansion will create new jobs and drive economic growth in the Hunter, and will be complete by late 2020.
Construction of the new wing will begin later this month, and deliver about 300 jobs during construction and more than 40 jobs when finished.
... Corrective Services Acting Commissioner Rosemary Caruana said another 330-bed maximum-security expansion at the neighbouring Shortland Correctional Centre was also due to be completed next year, with around 280 jobs created during construction and 70 when finished.
“Corrective Services NSW is a friend to the regional communities like the Hunter, driving economic growth by creating jobs and keeping the community safe,” Ms Caruana said.
Parliamentary Secretary for Justice David Clarke attended the sod turning ceremony today and said the additional beds and rehabilitation programs are part of the NSW Government’s plan to improve community safety.
“The NSW Government is investing a record $330 million into programs to reduce reoffending and this new facility will have a clear focus on purposeful activity, employment and education,” Mr Clarke said.
The expansion includes five new minimum-security accommodation blocks, new gatehouse, reception, visiting area, programs building and health clinic, and additional parking for staff and visitors.
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2019 PREMIER’S ANZAC MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
A once in a lifetime opportunity to travel to battlefields and significant sites in Germany, France and Belgium.
Secondary schools across NSW are invited to submit an expression of interest to participate in the 2019 Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholarship tour.
... Students will visit battlefields where Australians fought, to learn about the causes of the First and Second World Wars, and to commemorate their service.
A ballot will be held in the week of 15 October 2018 to draw 20 schools. Each school drawn will be responsible for selecting a maximum of three history students who are enrolled in either Year 10 or 11 in 2019. The Office for Veterans Affairs will consider the candidates put forward by each school and complete the final selection process to choose one student per school.
Submissions close 10:00am Monday 15 October. For further information visit: https://bit.ly/2Nx4tuR
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Four Corrective Services officers have been invested with the Australian Corrections Medal, one of them posthumously. On Friday Governor David Hurley presented the medals to Steve Davis, Vebe Simmons (on behalf of her late husband Mark), Emma Smith and Barry Grice. They are seen here outside Government House with Commissioner Peter Severin.
A week earlier, Assistant Commissioner Kevin Corcoran had attended a similar event to receive the Public Service Medal.
Acting Commissioner Rosemary Caruana said, “These officers are a splendid example to all of us. The medals indicate just how much value the public places in the work we do.”

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NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages have doubled the registration of Indigenous births through the #OurKidsCount program plus online registration - removing obstacles to enrolment in preschool, school and sport, plus access to drivers’ licences and passports. #ClosingtheGap

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SPOTLIGHT ON THE CHILD SEXUAL OFFENCE EVIDENCE PILOT
As National Child Protection Week 2018 comes to a close, it is timely to highlight the work of the Child Sexual Offence Evidence Pilot (CSOEP) in facilitating engagement of vulnerable child complainants and witnesses in the NSW criminal justice system.
Since 31 March 2016, the Child Sexual Offence Evidence Pilot has been delivering services in Sydney and Newcastle District Courts and three Child Abuse Units with the aim of ...reducing traumatisation and lengthy court processes for child complainants and prosecution witnesses in child sexual offence matters. The special measures introduced in the Pilot have seen the expansion of the use of pre-recorded evidence in prescribed child sexual offence matters and introduced two Specialist District Court Judges to manage the pre-recordings.
The Pilot has also been the first in Australia to introduce Witness Intermediaries to impartially facilitate communication between child witnesses, the Police and Courts. Witness Intermediaries are accredited Speech Pathologists, Social Workers, Psychologists and Occupational Therapist professionals who are considered officers of the Court to facilitate communication with children who present with trauma, disabilities or other specific communication needs. As a result of the work of Witness Intermediaries, children as young as two years old have been able to provide evidence during police interviews and children as young as four years old have been able to provide evidence at court.
Victims Services leads the implementation of the Pilot in collaboration with NSW Police Force, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), Legal Aid NSW, Courts and Tribunals and Public Defenders. The Pilot is doing great work to improve how children access the justice system and essentially strives for better justice outcomes for child complainants and witnesses in child sexual offence matters.
The Pilot also often accepts out of pilot referrals from geographical locations across NSW and for other vulnerable populations outside of the pilot scope. See below for a snapshot of this work to date.
You can find out more about the Pilot here: https://bit.ly/2wL5y7Y
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Corrective Services NSW is celebrating staff who work at Grafton Correctional Centre, as the heritage-listed prison marks 125-years of operation.
The free community celebration tomorrow, Saturday 8 September from 10am, will have a Corrective Services NSW K9 Unit and escort vehicle displays, historical images, a charity barbecue and inmate-produced products for purchase, with all funds going to Buy a Bale.
Here are some interesting historical facts about the prison:
... · The gaol’s design was the result of a public competition in 1891 won by Sydney architect Henry Austin Wilshire, who beat 41 other entrants for the £105 prize.
· The first and only execution at the facility was on 11 December 1906 when John Raymond Brown was hanged for three murders at German Creek, Ballina.
· The Glenn Innes Examiner newspaper published a story in July 1941 about inmates at the centre growing three tonnes of carrots, four tonnes of turnips and half a tonne of sweet potatoes to donate to Grafton District Hospital and other patriotic organisations.
· In the 1940s, Grafton Gaol developed its reputation as the toughest prison in the state, when increasing tensions in NSW prisons led Deputy Comptroller General of Prisons Leslie Nott to designate the centre to house the state’s ‘intractable prisoners’.
· In June 1953 notorious prison escapee Darcy Dugan and 11 other inmates made a failed bid for freedom from the centre when returning from the prison chapel. Four prison officers were injured in the struggle.
· The facility, now called the Grafton Intake and Transient Centre, houses about 260 male minimum- to maximum-security inmates and 20 minimum-security female inmates in the June Baker Centre.
· Inmates work in food, laundry, timber and agricultural industries and undertake education, vocational training and therapeutic programs to prepare them for a life outside prison.
Grafton Correctional Centre 125th anniversary celebration 170 Hoof Street, Grafton 10am – 2pm
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Don't you get sick of poor reviews? Obviously it means you are doing something seriously wrong... As is your falsified stats in the greyhound fact post. All the lies and false statements you have gleaned from the commission of inquiry document, will come out when it goes to the Supreme Court.

Don't you get sick of poor reviews? Obviously it means you are doing something seriously wrong... As is your falsified stats in the greyhound fact post. All the lies and false statements you have gleaned from the commission of inquiry document, will come out when it goes to the Supreme Court.

Magistrate Michael Cromptom deliberately convicted me of an allegation he knew was false, and involved an Albury police officer framing me on instruction from Gwen Bradley of the CJC to have an ADVO awarded without question, knowing that if he exonerated me, all of the criminal police charges against me would fall away, as being invalid. I would have finally been free to walk away from 2 years of fighting corruption and a deliberate miscarriage of justice in the Albury Local Court, at the hands of Magistrate Anthony Kevin Murray and Gwen Bradley of the CJC. He chose to convict me again of that false allegation, on 14 September 2017, and knowing that I had advised NSW Justice that I would suicide if I am convicted of it again. My blood is on the hands of Michael Cromptom, and his criminal buddies at the Albury Local Court named above. I'm sure I won't be the first person to die at the hands of his corrupt decisions. Mark Speakmann, Attorney General of NSW, stood back and let it all happen, because Gwen Bradley works for him.

With out these fine people doing a excellent job...NSW would be a state full of corrupt politions put in power by criminals and bikie gangs....oh wait a second....

Corrupt court employees, corrupt magistrates, corrupt police pushing through false allegations and carrying out unlawful arrests. Corrupt office staff refusing to investigate any allegations made against their own employees.

I was already aware of huge amounts of corruption within government departments in Australia, and for which they are always exonerated from investigation.

The Justice Department of NSW is no exception, and seek to protect their own employees when they are accused of wrong doing.

Not good enough! Punish the criminals in your own organization, before you pretend to have some right to judge others.