South Coast COSP Closures - WIN News

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NSW Businesslink Industrial Bulletin

The PSA re-appeared before the Industrial Relation Commission on Friday 23 August 2013 and provided an update to His Honour Justice Boland on the progress that had been made since our last IRC appearance on 18 July 2013. The PSA advised that through proceedings before the IRC, two meetings were scheduled with FACS executive and these meetings occurred on Tuesday 13 August 2103. The Association…

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Parole job cuts put public at risk: Labor - The Sydney Morning Herald

Kirsty Needham The O'Farrell government's cuts to staff monitoring the supervision of high-risk parolees have caused 200 jobs to go, with Labor warning the removal of one in five officers was far more than expected and is risking community safety. Corrective Services Commissioner Peter Severin told a budget estimates hearing there was a ''net reduction'' of 200 positions when the Community Compliance and Monitoring Group…

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Halfway house closures a disgrace: Hay - Illawarra Mercury

[caption id="attachment_6323" align="alignright" width="252"] Wollongong MP Noreen Hay[/caption] A decision to close six out of eight Community Offender Support Program (COSP) centres, including one at Unanderra, is "a disgrace" according to Wollongong MP Noreen Hay. The Unanderra COSP centre, which provides emergency housing for parolees, is set to be sold in coming weeks, affecting its 13 staff and dozens of offenders who rely on the…

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Community Offender Support Program centre closures

On 8 August 2013 Corrective Services announced that following a review, most of the Community Offender Support Programs centres (COSPs) would close at the end of November 2013. Of the eight COSPs, six (Emu Plains, Kempsey, Cooma, Windsor, Tomago and Wollongong) will close completely, and Campbelltown will close and re-open in 2014 as a privatised centre run by a non-government organisation (NGO). Only the COSP…

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