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Detention of persons

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Report

Alternatives to pre-trial detention


The report sets out alternatives to pre-trial detention for New South Wales centred on expanding structured bail supervision and developing community-based approaches to managing individuals outside of full-time custody. Drawing on successful models, the research shows these approaches can reduce pressure on the prison system and more effectively and efficiently deliver corrective services.
Guide

Culturally appropriate human rights compliant: police custody monitoring expectations


A suite of practical resources to support police custody oversight and strengthen domestic implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). They are living documents that can be adapted and updated by individual National Preventive Mechanism domestic monitoring bodies as suits them best.
Report

‘Left alone’: a review of solitary confinement and similar practices in Australia’s youth justice systems


A review of solitary confinement and similar practices in youth detention in Australia. The report finds these practices cause serious harm, breach international human rights standards and disproportionately affect First Nations children and children with disability. It makes 24 recommendations to prohibit solitary confinement, strengthen safeguards and ensure youth justice systems adopt trauma-informed, rights-based approaches.
Report

Sentencing in Victoria 2014–15 to 2023–24


This statistical report presents data on sentencing practices in Victoria in the decade to 30 June 2024. It is designed to inform the community about sentencing trends in Victoria. Data includes the types of offences, sentences received, and the imprisonment or detention lengths and fine amounts imposed.
Report

Righting wrongful detention


This report is part of the Ombudsman's ongoing investigation into instances where the Department of Home Affairs detained people it suspected to be unlawful non-citizens, but later identified they were not unlawful and released them from detention. Since monitoring began 2005, the same types of errors are causing people to be wrongfully detained.