Back-end home detention (Inquiry)
This inquiry is a completed Legislative Council inquiry conducted by the Law and Justice Committee.
This inquiry was established to report on whether it is appropriate and in the public interest to introduce a 'back-end' home detention scheme in New South Wales. Reported in the House on Wednesday 2 June 2004, Minutes of Proceedings No 58, Item 3, p 827.
Home detention is a non-custodial sentence that permits an offender to serve part or all of a term of imprisonment in the offender’s home, under strict supervision and subject to conditions set by the court. Home detention may be either 'front-end' or 'back end'. An order for front-end home detention allows an offender to serve the full term of their sentence in their own home. A back-end home detention order may only be made after a prisoner has served part of the sentence in gaol, as part of parole or as a distinct stage of the sentence. Back-end home detention is known as 'pre-release' home detention in some jurisdictions.
The Committee made a public call for submissions, received 21 submissions in total. The Committee also held two days of public hearings with a range of witnesses in March 2005. After the evidence gathering phase of the inquiry, the Committee resolved to consider the issues raised in the context of another related inquiry it was conducting - the Inquiry into Community Based Sentencing in Rural and Remote Areas and for Disadvantaged Populations. The Committee therefore made a brief report to inform the House of its progress and its intention to consider the issue of a back-end home detention scheme in the context of its broader Inquiry into Community Based Sentencing.
Relevant Legislation
Legislative Council Committee Report Debate, 23 June 2005
Timeline
Referred: 2 Jun 2004
» Call for submissions: 21 Jun 2004
» Submissions close: 30 Nov 2004
» Final Report Due: 15 Jul 2005
» Final Report Published: 23 Jun 2005
Reports and Government Responses
| Date | Name of Document |
|---|---|
| 23/06/2005 | Final Report, Back-end home detention (Final Report) |
Hearings and Transcripts
| Date | Name of Document |
|---|---|
| 17/03/2005 | Public Hearing - Pt 2 |
| 17/03/2005 | Public Hearing - Pt 1 |
| 18/03/2005 | Public Hearing |
Submissions
View the public submission(s) published by the committee in relation to this inquiry.
The closing date for submissions was 30 November 2004
Contact Us
This is a completed inquiry. The contacts below are historical only.
- Primary contact: Ms Rachel Simpson, phone (02) 9230 3464, lawandjustice@parliament.nsw.gov.au
- Council Officer: Ms Annie Marshall, phone (02) 9230 3311, lawandjustice@parliament.nsw.gov.au
- Address for written correspondence:
The Director
Standing Committee on Law and Justice
Parliament House
Macquarie St
Sydney NSW 2000
Fax: (02) 9230 3416
Inquiry Terms of Reference
Resolution passed 7 June 2004, Minutes No 10, Item 5, page 2. Resolution for extension of reporting date for the reference to Thursday 7 April 2005, passed 17 November 2004, Minutes No 84, Item 5, p 1143. Resolution to extend reporting date to Thursday 26 May 2005 passed Wednesday 23 March 2005, Minutes No 96, Item 2, page 1291.
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