UNIT CORRECTIONS IN CRIMINOLOGY AND JUSTICE

Running head: UNIT CORRECTIONS IN CRIMINOLOGY AND JUSTICE
PRISON REPORT
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UNIT CORRECTIONS IN CRIMINOLOGY AND JUSTICE1
Executive Summary
Throughout Australia, a punishment occurs when a person has been convicted of violating the
law by the Australian system of criminal justice. For providing punishment both jails and
community corrections, such as conditional release, trial or community service have been used
by Australia. The death penalty has been repealed from the Australian criminal justice system
and corporeal punishment has also not been used. Thus, the prison has great importance in the
Australian criminal justice system and the Australian government must improve the prison
facility because wrongdoers also have the right to life. This paper sheds light on the advice given
by a consultant regarding prison report.

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Introduction
Australian states and territories bear substantial social roles and competencies, including
regulatory authority for criminal justice administration. Australia does not have a single system
of criminal justice. Therefore, States, territories and other correctional or recovery facilities are
subject to separate and autonomous police forces, courts, jails and juvenile institutions. Prisons
are run in Australia by the agencies of the State Correctional Services for low, medium, extreme
and high-custody of convicted state and federal inmates, as well as for inmates on remand.
Prison can also be termed as a correctional facility, remand, detention or correctional centre or
jail under which inmates are imprisoned physically and different rights are refused under state
control. Prisons are generally used within a criminal justice system: people accused of crimes
may be confined before trial; defendants may be condemned to a particular period of detention
for charging or convicted of crimes at court. Prison can also be defined in basic terms as a
building in which people are lawfully imprisoned as a punishment for an offence (Carlton 2018).
The Victorian Government interacts with me and asks me to compile a report for the government
regarding a new prison facility. I, being a Consultant, mainly focus on the purpose and aims of
modern-day prisons, relevant Australian guidelines for prison design and approaches and
methods for offender management, risk and security.
Discussion
Prisons are usually used to keep the offenders. Many researchers, criminologists are of
the view prison has great importance in the life of the offenders as well as people at large.
Prisons help people to live life peacefully. The security of human life, freedom and property by a
properly working criminal justice system is one of the most critical functions of government.