The Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services (WA) has joined other members of the Australian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) in a response to the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture’s (SPT) visit to Australia in 2022. The response reiterates calls for Australian governments to appoint NPM bodies for their jurisdictions and to legislate their mandate, …

The Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services has announced it will be inspecting the Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women between 24 – 29 March 2024. Boronia is the only minimum-security pre-release facility for women in Western Australia. It opened in 2004 and can accommodate up to 95 residents. There is also capacity for children, …