Recommendation 1
The Government should ensure funding for necessary infrastructure upgrades at Bandyup. Priorities include Unit 1, the Health Centre, Visits, and Reception
Recommendation 2
Stabilise Bandyup’s management team and progress the change management review
Recommendation 3
Improve performance appraisal processes and staff training on their use
Recommendation 4
Ensure that all VSO positions are filled and that VSOs are adequately trained
Recommendation 5
The textiles workshop should produce a small range of maternity wear for expectant mothers
Recommendation 6
Introduce regular family day visits for extended family members as well as children
Recommendation 7
Ensure prisoners have access to cheaper calls to mobile phones
Recommendation 8
Expand accommodation for mothers and their babies at Bandyup and/or Boronia
Recommendation 9
Implement an improved orientation process as laid out in the Bandyup Review Final Draft
Recommendation 10
Revise case management practice at Bandyup using Greenough Regional Prison’s IOMC as a basis
Recommendation 11
Increase therapeutic program delivery for female prisoners
Recommendation 12
Apply security procedures consistently and thoroughly
Recommendation 13
Embed the scheduled day model into TOMS and offer it at all prisons holding women
Recommendation 14
Introduce section 95 for minimum-security women at Bandyup
Recommendation 15
Ensure health care staff are retained and adequately resourced to develop a holistic women-centric model of care at Bandyup