Latest News

• 09 Dec 2019
  Oversight of Bimberi Youth Justice Centre commences
  The Inspector's oversight of Bimberi commenced on 7 December 2019.
• 28 Nov 2019
  Inaugural Healthy Prison Review of the Alexander Maconochie Centre released
  This review found that overall the AMC has the ingredients to be a Healthy Prison but more needs to be done to address key issues across all four 'pillars' of the healthy prison framework.
• 11 Oct 2019
  Annual Report released
  OICS’ Annual Report is now publicly available.
• 02 Aug 2019
  Critical incident review tabled in the ACT Legislative Assembly
  The Inspector's report of a review of an assault of a detainee at the AMC on 1 January 2019 was tabled in the ACT Legislative Assembly this week.
• 18 Jun 2019
  ACT Government responds to Inspector's review of remand at the AMC
  The ACT Government has tabled their response to the Inspector’s first review of a correctional service.
• 22 May 2019
  Inspector announces team for the Healthy Prison Review of the AMC
  The review team brings together experts in various fields to assist the Inspector to conduct the inaugural Healthy Prison Review of the AMC.
• 20 Feb 2019
  Inspector's first review of a correctional service released
  The Inspector's first review of a correctional service has been tabled in the Legislative Assembly. This report looks at the treatment of remandees at the AMC.
• 29 Nov 2018
  Inspector's first critical incident report released
  The first critical incident review by the ACT Inspector of Correctional Services was tabled in the ACT Legislative Assembly on 27 November 2018.
• 17 Sep 2018
  Australian Human Rights Commission OPCAT Consultation
  The ACT Inspector of Correctional Services made a submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission's community consultation on how OPCAT could be implemented in Australia.
• 11 Sep 2018
  Review of treatment and care of remandees
  Persons who are remanded in custody are presumed to be innocent until proved guilty. In the ACT, persons on remand are detained at the same facility as sentenced detainees.