A new Community Correctional Centre has been opened at Noarlunga in Adelaide’s south.
Minister for Correctional Services, Tom Koutsantonis said the new centre would provide safer, purpose-built facilities.
“This will be the Community Corrections hub of the greater southern metropolitan region,” Mr Koutsantonis said.
He said the centre would help to keep more than 600 offenders under supervision at any time and had been designed to cater for a growing population.
He said the new centre was a vast improvement on the previous one, which opened in the late 1980s.
New facility for Noarlunga
Mr Koutsantonis said features of the centre included an environmentally friendly building with security screens in the reception area, duress alarms and five purpose-built interview rooms with dual access.
He said the centre also had a multi-purpose room to cater for larger interview situations, and a specific area for the delivery of rehabilitation programs targeting sexual offenders, violent offenders and those with alcohol and drug problems.
“While all this is obviously beneficial to employees, facilities such as this are instrumental in helping offenders leave the cycle of crime and build more productive lives,” Mr Koutsantonis said.
“While compliance will continue to be a key focus, it goes hand in hand with rehabilitation, reintegration and skill building.”
He said around 1,115 hours of Community Service were performed through the Noarlunga Community Corrections Centre each month, 485 of which were dedicated to the removal of graffiti, equating to more than $155,000 of work each year.
“The benefit to the local community though, in terms of creating a safer and more productive environment, cannot be quantified,” Mr Koutsantonis said.
The Minister said a new Community Corrections Centre would be opened at Gawler in the coming months.
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