Delivering effective and targeted rehabilitation and reintegration services for prisoners can help prevent crime, reduce reoffending, and promote long-term social safety and wellbeing. It involves addressing the root causes of offending behaviour and preparing prisoners to successfully reintegrate back into the community. This report assesses how effectively Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) plans for and facilitates the rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners in custody.

Key findings

1. A more effective delivery model for case management is needed to support achievement of QCS rehabilitation and reintegration strategies.
2. Without effective case management QCS cannot tailor interventions to provide structure and address rehabilitation and reintegration risks and needs.
3. QCS does not have an effective approach to reintegration.

The report makes five recommendations to QCS, focusing on the following themes:

• strengthening its planning approach
• monitoring and overseeing performance
• case management 
• data capture and reporting
• reintegration services.