Indonesian deployment of Corrective Services NSW officers

Abstract

Correctional Staff from Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) were invited to work with Indonesian Director General of Corrections (DGC) to assist Indonesia develop their correctional practices. Staff from Indonesia Corrections visited various Australian Jurisdictions in 2008 and were impressed by the Brush Farm Academy facilities of CSNSW and the professional operational aspects of the department when visiting Correctional Centres and Probation and Parole Offices. These visits resulted in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) facilitating the deployment of two senior operational staff – one correctional and one community correctional – to assist the DGC with the operational, systemic and bureaucratic changes they were undertaking.