Staff at the Alexander Maconochie Correctional Centre have breached the Australian Capital Territory Human Rights Act, after forcibly strip searching a.
Inside the Alexander Maconochie Centre. Photo: Andrew Finch
LATEST government figures have proven that correctional officers that subdued a Canberra prison riot last year were left little more than sitting ducks
after training fell short of recommended standards.
The blame landed squarely on the feet of ACT Corrective Services operating under the Justice and Community Safety Directorate over failing to deliver all aspects of mandatory training outlined in the enterprise agreement for officers at Alexander Maconochie Centre.
But Minister for Corrections Mick Gentleman attributed a delay in training programs in 2020 to the pandemic after ACT Corrective Services had recommenced they only be conducted in a covid-safe way.
The ACT Corrective Services inappropriately engaged a preferred supplier to purchase Romeo 5.
ACT Corrective Services ignored fundamental procurement practices when it chose its preferred supplier to purchase a detainee transport vehicle that has since been found not fit-for-purpose and “largely redundant”, an audit report revealed.
Auditor general Michael Harris said the ACT Corrective Services inappropriately identified and engaged a preferred supplier – the Byron Group – for a “complex and high-risk contract” worth more than $200,000 (all contracts that exceed that amount are required to go to open tender), without testing the market or seeking alternative quotes when it took possession of the vehicle, “Romeo 5”, in June 2018.