Also known as
- Dept for Correctional Services
- Prisons
Community Correctional Centres
Whyalla Norrie
More Locations
18 Ekblom Street, Whyalla Norrie SA 5608
GPO Box 1747 Adelaide SA 5001
Business Summary
The court can sentence adult offenders to serve penalties in the community rather than send them to prison. Many of these offenders require to be managed, monitored and supervised. The oversight of these offenders is the responsibility of the community correctional centres who supervise over 6000 people in the community on any given day. Community Corrections also supervise offenders who are released on Parole or Home Detention to ensure that they follow the conditions of their release. When supervising offenders in the community we apply a risk based model to offender supervision whilst also promoting a rehabilitation approach. The evidence-based approach promotes a balance between compliance and rehabilitation.
About Us
The Department for Correctional Services is an important part of the justice sector in South Australia – responsible for prisoners, the offenders in our communities, and the provision of rehabilitation opportunities.
Mission and vision
Our mission statement determines our direction and focuses our future goals. It aligns with our strategy plans, current projects and underpins our research.
Our mission
To manage offenders in a safe, secure and humane environment and provide opportunities for rehabilitation and reintegration.
Our vision
A safer community by protecting the public and reducing reoffending.
Our stakeholders
The department recognizes the vital contribution that stakeholders play in achieving our departmental outcomes.
We will continue to forge strong partnerships and work collaboratively with our stakeholders to achieve a safer community.
Our stakeholders include:
- the community
- the government
- the Parole Board and the courts, and
- victims of crime.
Our outcomes
The department’s outcomes define the desired changes that will be achieved through the successful delivery of the key strategies.
Our work aligns with the following outcomes:
- Improved public protection
- Reduced reoffending
- Improved opportunities for rehabilitation and reintegration
- Safe, secure and humane environments
- Skilled, professional, resilient and valued workforce
- Safety, health and wellbeing in the workplace
- Improved outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander offenders
- Improved and targeted service delivery for women offenders
- Accountable and better public services
- Innovative, sustainable and cost effective services.
The department's plans are also aligned with South Australia’s Strategic Plan.
What We Do
- Prisons
- Community Corrections
- Aboriginal services
- Victim services
- Rehabilitation, education & work
- Volunteers
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