22824 (2025). Dr Tracey McLellan to the Minister of Corrections

22824 (2025). Dr Tracey McLellan to the Minister of Corrections: What has been Corrections' total spend, if any, on rehabilitation programmes since December 2023 to date?

Hon Mark Mitchell: I am advised that Corrections is committed to ensuring the people they manage can make positive changes in their lives to reduce reoffending and keep our communities safe. People in prison and people serving community-based sentences have access to a range of rehabilitation and reintegration services. These include offence-focused programmes, educational opportunities, vocational and employment training, health services, mental health and addiction programmes, cultural support services, motivational programmes, intensive residential programmes, and transitional accommodation support. These services support people to address the causes of their offending and provide a strong foundation to help them establish a positive future. I am advised that Corrections is continuously reviewing the programmes and services they deliver to ensure people are accessing the best possible rehabilitation and support at the right time. Corrections is working to expand rehabilitation programmes for people on remand following the additional investment for this in Budget 2024, and the Corrections Amendment Act 2024 passing into law late last year. I am further advised that Corrections is also looking more broadly at what evidence they have that the programmes and services they deliver are achieving what they were set up and funded to do. This will ensure that Corrections is focusing their funding on well-targeted, well-used programmes and services that produce results in reducing reoffending. I am further advised that the total spend for Corrections’ rehabilitation programmes between 1 December 2023 and 30 April 2025 is approximately $73.1 million dollars.