Constituency question- Malmsbury detainees’ internet access


My question is to the Corrections Minister.

It relates to very serious concerns raised with me that, at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre in my electorate, high-speed internet access has, inexplicably, recently become available to detainees.

Shockingly, I am informed that this has meant, among other fallout, that:

  • at least one inmate has recently been able to make uninvited, and therefore highly traumatising, online contact with a victim of their crimes; and
  • dozens of detainees have been regularly downloading and viewing pornographic material on their taxpayer-funded laptops.

Especially bearing in mind that many of the Centre’s workers (at the front line of dealing with these problems) are constituents of mine, I ask the Minister: are any or all of these claims true and, if so, what specific actions have been taken by Corrections Victoria and/or the Government in relation to them?

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