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        • Spotlight on Lindsay Dodd
        • Spotlight on Carmen Bryan
        • Spotlight on Bec Trigg
        • Spotlight on Jodie Hobart
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    • Our partners
      • South Australian Prison Health Service (SAPHS)

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      • Supporting our Aboriginal people


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          • 2017 - 2018 DCS Community Grants
          • 2016 – 2017 DCS Community Grants
          • 2015 – 2016 DCS Community Grants
          • 2014 – 2015 DCS Community Grants
          • 2013 – 2014 DCS Community Grants
      • How to become a partner

    • Our projects
      • Bail Accommodation Support Program [BASP]
      • Art and Creative Activities
      • Kiosk Express System [KEX]
      • Parole Board Digitisation
      • Major building work
      • Grants and grant funded projects
        • 2017 - 2018 DCS Community Grants
        • 2016 – 2017 DCS Community Grants
        • 2015 – 2016 DCS Community Grants
        • 2014 – 2015 DCS Community Grants
        • 2013 – 2014 DCS Community Grants
    • Our research and initiatives
      • Research and opportunities
        • Research and evaluation framework
        • Research and evaluation management committee
        • Apply to conduct research
      • 10by20 – Reducing reoffending
      • Women Offender’s Framework
      • Home Detention Projects
      • Domestic and family violence framework
      • Shaping Corrections
      • Smokefree Prisons Strategy
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  • Prisons
    • About our prisons
    • Prison locations
      • Adelaide Pre-release Centre
      • Adelaide Remand Centre
      • Adelaide Women's Prison
      • Cadell Training Centre
      • Mobilong Prison
      • Mount Gambier Prison
      • Port Augusta Prison
        • Pitjantjatjara videos
          • Sending money to a prisoner - Pitjantjatjara video
          • Prisoner telephone system - Pitjantjatjara video
          • Prison visits - Pitjantjatjara video
          • Prisoner admission process - Pitjantjatjara video
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      • Telephone access
      • Public Holidays and Christmas
      • Domestic Visitors
    • Professional visitors
      • Who are professional visitors
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    • Women prisoners with children
      • Women entering prison while pregnant
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      • Programs and opportunities for women prisoners with children
      • Other support groups
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      • Planning ahead
      • Coming Home
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    • Support
      • Volunteer programs
        • The Prisoner Visiting Program
        • The Prisoner Family Visits Program
        • Court Support Program
        • The Education Program
        • Library Services Program
        • Tax Return and Resume Support Program
        • The Employment Program
        • The Life Skills Program
        • The Quit Smoking Initiative
        • The Prisoner Release Program
        • The Transport Program
        • Community Mentor Program
        • The Community Services Program
        • Aboriginal volunteer programs
        • Umpire Program
        • Prisoner Art Program
      • Other support groups
      • Concerns about a prisoner
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    • About Community Corrections
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        • Intensive bail supervision
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        • Interstate Travel Offender Application and Consent Form
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    • Home Detention
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      • Conditions and supervision
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  • Victim services
    • Are you a victim?
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      • Victim Service Charter Principles
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      • Online Victims Registration Form
    • Victim support groups
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      • Locate a prisoner
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      • Transfer money to prisoner
      • Visit a prisoner
        • Before booking a visit
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        • Before you go to the visit
        • Taking property to prisoners
        • Taking children to a visit
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    • Children with a parent in prison
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  • Rehabilitation, education and work
    • Access to housing
    • Rehabilitation programs
      • Programs for violent offenders
      • Domestic and Family Violence Intervention Program
      • Programs for sexual offenders
      • Making Changes Program
      • Therapeutic Community Program for Substance Misuse
    • Education and training
      • Education
      • Vocational training
      • Self-study opportunities
    • Work opportunities
      • Prisoner employment
      • Work areas
      • Types of industry
        • Farming
        • Engineering and woodwork
        • Prison based industries
        • Pre-release activities
    • Additional support
      • Chaplaincy and faith services
      • Housing assistance
      • Library services
  • Aboriginal services
    • Aboriginal Liaison Officers
    • Helping Aboriginal prisoners
    • Programs for prisoners and offenders
      • Aboriginal Elders Visiting Program Flyer
    • NAIDOC week
    • External support
    • Working with us
    • Contact the Aboriginal Services Unit
    • Pitjantjatjara videos
      • Sending money to a prisoner - Pitjantjatjara video
      • Prisoner telephone system - Pitjantjatjara video
      • Prison visits - Pitjantjatjara video
      • Prisoner admission process - Pitjantjatjara video
  • Prison Industries
    • Our facilities
    • Sample products and items made
    • Benefits to businesses
    • Buying and ordering from us
      • Prison Industries - Customer Agreement
  • Volunteers
    • Volunteer programs
      • The Prisoner Visiting Program
      • The Prisoner Family Visits Program
      • Court Support Program
      • The Education Program
      • Library Services Program
      • Tax Return and Resume Support Program
      • The Employment Program
      • The Life Skills Program
      • The Quit Smoking Initiative
      • The Prisoner Release Program
      • The Transport Program
      • Community Mentor Program
      • The Community Services Program
      • Aboriginal volunteer programs
      • Umpire Program
      • Prisoner Art Program
    • Become a DCS Volunteer
      • Volunteers make a difference
      • Benefits of volunteering
      • What skills are needed
      • What commitments are required
      • Checks and screening
      • Training and support
      • Safety
      • Transport
      • Rights and responsibilities
        • Volunteers rights and responsibilities
        • The Departments rights and responsibilities
      • How to apply
    • The Volunteer Unit
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  • Careers
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        • Download the application pack
      • Medical staff
      • Offender Development roles
      • Social workers
      • Student placements, research and work experience
      • Applying for a frontline role
    • Non frontline vacancies
  • SA Parole Board
    • What is the Parole Board?
    • The roles and responsibilities of the Parole Board
      • Applications for release
      • Release to Parole
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    • Contact the Parole Board
  • Reports and publications
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    • Strategic plan
      • 2014-17 Strategic Plan Booklet
      • 2014-17 Strategic Plan
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      • Gifts and benefits register
        • Gift register 2018
        • Gift register 2017
        • Gift register 2016
        • Gift register 2015
        • Gift register 2014
    • Legislation
      • Public Sector Act 2009
      • Correctional Services Act 1982
      • Public Finance and Audit Act 1987
      • The Victims Rights Act 2001
      • Bail Act 1985
      • Carers Recognition Act 2005
      • Criminal Law (High Risk Offenders) Act 2015
      • Community Based Sentences (Interstate Transfer) Act 2015
      • Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988
      • Equal Opportunity Act 1984
      • Freedom of Information Act 1991
      • Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2012
      • Fair Work Act 1994
      • International Transfer of Prisoners (South Australia) 1998
      • Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009
      • Mental Health Act 2009
      • Parole Orders (Transfer) 1983
      • Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982
      • Public Sector (Honesty and Accountability) 1995
      • State Records Act 1997
      • Work Health and Safety Act 2012
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    • About our prisons
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    • Arrest and court
    • Court reports
    • Remanded in custody
    • Going to prison
    • Prison life
    • Professional visitors
    • Women prisoners with children
    • Intervention orders
    • Release from prison
    • Support
      • Volunteer programs
        • The Prisoner Visiting Program
        • The Prisoner Family Visits Program
        • Court Support Program
        • The Education Program
        • Library Services Program
        • Tax Return and Resume Support Program
        • The Employment Program
        • The Life Skills Program
        • The Quit Smoking Initiative
        • The Prisoner Release Program
        • The Transport Program
        • Community Mentor Program
        • The Community Services Program
        • Aboriginal volunteer programs
        • Umpire Program
        • Prisoner Art Program
      • Other support groups
      • Concerns about a prisoner
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Volunteer programs

Programs run by the DCS Volunteer Unit

    Volunteer programs

  • The Prisoner Visiting Program
  • Prisoner Family Visits Program
  • Court Support Program
  • Education Program
  • Tax Return and Resume Support Program
  • The Employment Program
  • The Life Skills Program
  • The Quit Smoking Initiative
  • The Prisoner Release Program
  • The Transport Program
  • Community Mentor Program
  • The Community Services Program
  • Aboriginal volunteer programs
  • Prisoner Art Program

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What would you like to do

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  • Visit a prisoner
  • Transfer money to a prisoner
  • Apply for offender interstate travel
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  • Apply for a community grant
  • Become a correctional officer
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  • Research and opportunities

What we do

  • Prison
  • Community corrections
  • Victim services
  • Aboriginal services
  • Volunteers

Careers

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Contact us


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Postal address GPO Box 1747, Adelaide SA 5001
Tel: +61 8 8226 9000 ABN: 44 736 536 754
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