Adult Parole Board Annual Report 2019-20
The Adult Parole Board of Victoria’s Annual Report 2019-20 was tabled in Parliament on 10 December 2020.
The highlight of the report is the recognition of how effectively the Board members, management and staff adapted to the Victorian Government’s directions to work from home.
As His Honour Peter Couzens, Chairperson of the Board, states in his foreword, “the Board continued to operate without missing a beat, and this being despite a greater workload than the year before.”
Statement from the Chairperson of the Adult Parole Board
In response to the stage three restrictions imposed by the Victorian Government, the Adult Parole Board reviewed its operations and implemented a remote working model from 30 March 2020.
The Board will continue to operate with its paramount consideration always the safety and protection of the community.
The purpose of parole
Parole provides prisoners with a structured, supported and supervised transition so that they can adjust from prison back into the community, rather than returning straight to the community at the end of their sentence without supervision or support. By supporting prisoners to return to the community under supervision toward the end of their sentence, parole’s main purpose is to increase community safety.
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