Performance Framework

Justice Sector Outcome: Safe and Just Society

Outcomes

Re-offending is Reduced

Public Safety is Improved

Intermediate Outcomes

Offenders’ capability to lead law abiding lives is improved

Offenders’ ability to integrate into the community is improved

Harm levels of re-offending are reduced

The integrity of sentences and orders is improved

A safe and secure Corrections system is assured

How this will be Achieved

Individual offender rehabilitation needs are identified and met

Reintegration initiatives ensure sustainability of rehabilitation interventions

Offenders are held to account

Community sentences address safety and rehabilitation needs

Custodial environments are safe and humane

Key Performance Indicators

The proportion of prisoners with an identified need who have a programme placement

The proportion of prisoners who demonstrate statistically significant gains through intensive literacy and numeracy provision

The total number of qualifications achieved by prisoners while in prison

There is a reduction in rates of re-offending

The number of offenders that are referred to a reintegration intervention

All public prisons to be transitioned to the working prisons framework and achieving 100% prisoner engagement by 30 June 2017

The total number of offenders that are referred to employment support services

There is a reduction in the seriousness of re-offending

The proportion of community-based offenders complying with their sentence or order

The proportion of community-based offenders being held to account for non-compliance

A reduction in the rate of offenders who started a community sentence or order then committed a new against-the-person offence during the following period of management

The proportion of community-based offenders with an identified need who have a programme placement

The proportion of offenders on Electronic Monitoring who are reconvicted of a new offence while under EM conditions

Re-offending while on a sentence or order and within the 12 month follow up period resulting in a reconviction

A reduction in the rate of offenders who started home detention or parole and then committed a new offence during the following period of management, compared to the previous year

The number of breakout escapes

The percent of self-harm threat to life interventions where an unnatural death did not occur

The proportion of general random drug tests that have a positive result

The number of unnatural deaths

The proportion of complaints by prisoners to the Corrections Inspectorate upheld for reasons of materiality

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