The Queensland Ombudsman’s report on justice on the inside was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday 28 October 2009.

The report presents the findings of the Ombudsman's investigation into a review of Queensland Corrective Services’ management of breaches of discipline by prisoners.

Full Report

Justice on the Inside Report
(PDF format 892k)

PDFs by section

Click the links below to download individual sections of the report. 

Front Section		Justice on the Inside Report: Front cover, Letter to the speaker, Table of contents, Dictionery and abbreviations and Executive summary (479k)
Chapter 1		Introduction: Corrections in Queensland, Jurisdiction, Engaged service providers, Own initiative investigation (99k)
Chapter 2		About the Ombudsman and investigations: Procedure for gathering evidence, Standard of proof and sufficiency of evidence, Procedural fairness or natural justice, Preliminary response of agency, De-identification (96k)
Chapter 3		Corrective services legislation and QCS policies: Decision to initiate breach, Lead-up to hearing, Hearing, Penalties, Notification of review right, Review of decision, Other avenues of review, Effect of breach determinations (120k)
Chapter 4		Use of minor breaches: Issue, General investigation, Minor conduct dealt with as major breach, Minor breach without hearing, Penalty without formal minor breach proceedings, Summary (100k)
Chapter 5		Complexity of discipline process: Paperwork and process, Officer concerns, Breach register (108k)
Chapter 6		Training (64k)
Chapter 7		Consistency and bias: Consistency of penalties, Bias (105k)
Chapter 8		Notice: Notice of allegations, Notice of procedure, Categories in s.6 of the Corrective Services Regulation (109k)
Chapter 9		Fair hearing: Conduct of hearings, Reasonable opportunity, Review advice (105k)
Chapter 10		Reasons: Public Records Act, IS40 and Best Practice Guide to Recordkeeping, What are reasons, Reasons for level of breach, Reasons for breach decisions (110k)
Chapter 11		Videos of hearings: Failure to retain all videotapes, Videotaping part of hearing only (110k)
Chapter 12		Drugs breaches: Failure to take action for positive test, Urine sample procedure (94k)
Chapter 13		Penalties: Forfeiture of privileges, Loss of association, Reprimand, Restitution, Internal transfer (112k)
Chapter 14		Record-keeping: No IOMS record, Electronic forms, Incident report no., breach register no. and/or videotape no., ‘Breach dismissed’, Informing prisoner of referral (102k)
Chapter 15		Monitoring compliance: Internal Audit Branch, Office of the Chief Inspector, Review by Office of Chief Inspector (90k)
Chapter 16		Induction about breaches (92k)
Back Section		Justice on the Inside Report: Bibliography, Back cover (227k)