Government response to 2019 Healthy Prison Review of the AMC released

26 May 2020

The ACT government has agreed to 61 of the 71 recommendations directed to ACT government agencies made by OICS in the 2019 Healthy Prison Review of the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC). A further seven recommendations were agreed in principle, three were noted and two were not agreed with. Two other recommendations were for the ACT Human Rights Commission to consider.

OICS is pleased with this positive response and looks forward to continuing to monitor the implementation of these recommendations. A report that tracks this implementation will be available on our website.

The next Healthy Prison Review of the AMC will be conducted in 2021.