How the Department of Corrections (the Department) manages offenders on parole is an area of great public, political, and media interest, especially given recent high-profile cases where offenders on parole have committed further serious offences.
My staff looked at how the Department managed offenders released on parole. We chose 100 offender case files in the four areas we visited to assess whether probation officers and other staff were managing offenders in keeping with the Department's requirements. We deliberately included 52 offenders considered to pose a high risk to the public.
K B Brady
Controller and Auditor-General
10 February 2009