Investigation into inmate discipline in NSW correctional centres

The report follows an investigation by the NSW Ombudsman involving a systemic examination of how inmate discipline is managed across all correctional centres. The inmate disciplinary system deals with inmates who are alleged to have committed a ‘correctional centre offence’ while in custody.

The investigation carried out a trend analysis of the more than 57,000 inmate discipline charges determined between 2018 and 2023, and conducted an in-depth review of a sample of over 350 individual determinations.

The investigation found a systemic failure across all correctional centres to follow the requirements of the legislation and the relevant policies in relation to inmate discipline, as well as finding several issues following its in-depth reviews of determinations.

The NSW Ombudsman has made recommendations in response to those findings.