Alison Thom, General Manager Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Welcome to the latest issue of CorrVolunteer and welcome to Rehabilitation and Reintegration Services (RRS).

The Department has established RRS as a single service for all the rehabilitation and reintegration activities that have to do with leading offenders to a crime-free life. As volunteers play a big part in this, you are now also part of RRS.

The change from Prison Services to RRS should not bring any immediate changes for you. The volunteer coordinators will continue to do their excellent job of facilitating the day-to-day running of prison volunteering.

Taking the opportunity offered in the establishment of RRS, we look forward to strengthening the support for volunteers and refreshing and investigating any innovative new services that could include volunteers. Of course we won’t do this without talking to you, the volunteers and stakeholders.
 
We are very pleased to have so many volunteers in prison as they play an important role in guiding the prisoners to an offence-free lifestyle.

Early in 2011 the Department will be introducing an electronic entry system in prisons for non-departmental staff including volunteers. This system will assist in making your entry to prisons simpler whilst maintaining a high security level. You can find more information in this issue of CorrVolunteer.

Thank you for all your efforts and support in 2010, we look forward to seeing you back in good health in 2011 and wish you and your family a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.

 

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