Exclusive: 2020 report told of risk to detainees’ health from indefinite detention and sending ‘prison hardened’ cohort into system
The review recommended seeking to put “high risk offenders” back into correctional facilities, and developing a dynamic risk assessment tool so “low or medium risk” detainees could be released into the community on a bridging visa.
“The Morrison government failed to adequately respond to Cornall’s recommendations to reduce the time in detention by developing a comprehensive risk assessment tool to reconsider the need for detention, especially for those who are unable to return to their home country due to fear of persecution,” it said.some of these recommendations” including considering alternatives to detention such as bridging visas and community detention.
“Successive Australian governments have become comfortable with detaining people indefinitely – potentially for the rest of their lives.”people who were convicted of offences involving aggregate sentences. The immigration minister, Andrew Giles, said: “This government is clear – if there are no security or safety concerns, individuals should be living in the community until a durable solution is finalised.
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