Review of Victoria's Adult Parole System
Posted on Fri 9 September 2011The Victorian Attorney-General has requested the Sentencing Advisory Council (SAC) to review and report on Victoria’s adult parole system by November 2011.
SAC is to review and report on the legislative and administrative framework governing the release and management of sentenced prisoners on parole in Victoria. VALS' Research Officer and Executive Officer of Legal Practice met with SAC to discuss the Adult Parole Board and subsequently made the attached submission.
VALS acknowledges the importance of parole in providing offenders with supported and monitored release into the community therefore reducing the likelihood of re-offending and improving community safety. In our submission we make 24 recommendations and call for the introduction of procedural fairness in the operation of the Adult Parole Board to improve the transparency, accountability and effectiveness of the decision-making process.
