Corrective Services prison benchmarking dispute Update – August 2016 (PDF version)

Benchmarking Dispute

On Tuesday 9 August, the PSA appeared before Commissioner Tabbaa in relation to the concerns outlined in our dispute dated 1 August 2016. Our opening statement refuted CSNSW’s position with regards to consultation.

The Department’s reply was to refute the PSA’s statement that no consultation had occurred.

The Department informed the Commission we had met last Wednesday 3 August and claimed consultation had commenced with the PSA through the pilot sites identified. We again refuted this, as CSNSW had failed to provide details at the state level.

The Department must provide to the PSA, by close of business on Friday 12 August 2016, the information requested in paragraph 4 h) a-g of our dispute HERE

The Commission strongly advised the Department it must articulate the timeframes of the process.

The Department replied it believes it is not beneficial to delay the benchmark process. However, this was strongly rejected by the PSA given the failings of CSNSW as outlined in our dispute.

This matter is set for report back before Commissioner Tabbaa on Tuesday, 16 August 2016 at 4.00pm.