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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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1 results foundAuthor: Queensland Corrective Services Title: Court Ordered Parole in Queensland Summary: This paper provides the findings of an analysis of the trends and impact of court ordered parole since it was introduced in August 2006 with the Corrective Services Act 2006. The introduction of court ordered parole has ensured more offenders are under active supervision in the community. This order type is a high volume order; more than 5,515 orders were made in 2012 and more than 3,000 offenders are in the community on court ordered parole at any one time. Approximately 40% of those who receive court ordered parole are paroled straight from court. Offenders on court ordered parole generally serve shorter sentences with 66% serving a sentence of 12 months or less in duration. This group could potentially have received wholly suspended sentences with no community supervision. Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) has a strict regime when supervising offenders in the community to identify and facilitate appropriate responses to risk. An examination of the data, with particular focus on the suspension and cancellation rates, demonstrates that: • approximately 300 offenders per month are suspended and returned to prison (most common reason is an unacceptable risk of further offending); • almost 1,800 prisoners in custody are there for a violation of court ordered parole (order suspended or cancelled); and • reoffending accounts for half of the orders cancelled by the Parole Board. The introduction of court ordered parole aimed to address the over-representation of short-sentenced, low-risk prisoners in QCS facilities; such prisoners were responsible for a high degree of turnover in the prison population. Prior to the introduction of court ordered parole, prisoner numbers were forecast to grow. However, this order type stabilised growth in prisoner numbers from 2006 until recently. This suggests that court ordered parole has reversed the growth in short sentence prisoners, delaying the need to invest in prison infrastructure. Overall, court ordered parole is QCS’ most successful supervision order with approximately 72% of orders successfully completed without cancellation or reconviction. Details: Brisbane: Queensland Corrective Services, 2013. 16p. Source: Internet Resource: Research Paper No. 4: Accessed July 8, 2013 at: http://www.correctiveservices.qld.gov.au/Publications/Research_Publications/Court_Ordered_Parole_Research_Paper.pdf Year: 2013 Country: Australia URL: http://www.correctiveservices.qld.gov.au/Publications/Research_Publications/Court_Ordered_Parole_Research_Paper.pdf Shelf Number: 129267 Keywords: Community-based CorrectionsEarly ResearchParole (Australia)Parolees |