Security and Emergency Services Group | Corrections Victoria

Community corrections
Community corrections
- Orders
  Orders
  
  Orders are issued to offenders by courts and by the Adult Parole Board.
- Community work
  Community work
  
  The majority of offenders are required to undertake unpaid community work as a condition of their order.
Top tasks
- Find a CCS office
Prisons
Prisons
- Remand
  Remand
  
  Alleged offenders on remand are held in custody before and during their trial (on criminal charges) by order of a court.
- Going to Prison
  Going to Prison
  
  All prisoners undergo reception and assessment before being placed in a prison unit appropriate to the prison and the prisoner's needs.
- Contacting and visiting a prisoner
  Contacting and visiting a prisoner
  
  How to arrange contact or visits with prisoners in the Victorian prison system.
- Professional contact
  Professional contact
  
  Prisoners are entitled to meetings, phone calls and video calls with professional visitors.
- Health care
  Health care
  
  The quality and standard of health care provided to prisoners is the same as that provided in the community through the public health system.
- Programs
  Programs
  
  Corrections Victoria provides a wide range of program opportunities for prisoners to assist in their rehabilitation and successful return to the community after release from custody.
Top tasks
- Find or contact a prison
Release
Release
- Transitional programs
  Transitional programs
  
  Many prisoners experience significant challenges in reintegrating back into the community after their release from prison.
- After-prison support
  After-prison support
  
  After prison, offenders have access to the support services and programs available to the general community.

The Security and Emergency Services Group (SESG) provides high-level support to all areas of Corrections Victoria (CV) through its service delivery and ongoing policy commitment.

The SESG was established in 1980 as the Victorian Prison Dog Squad. In 1991 the Dog Squad, Prisons Drug Surveillance Unit and Emergency Management Planning Unit combined to form the Emergency Management Unit (EMU). In 1995, this was further updated to better represent the broad range of increased functions undertaken by the Security and Emergency Services Group.

The SESG operates from offices located at:

Barwon Prison (Lara)
Metropolitan Remand Centre (Ravenhall)
Loddon Prison (Castlemaine)
Hopkins Correctional Centre (Ararat).

The SESG provides both immediate and longer-term support through its diverse supplementary portfolios such as:

K9 Services (assists prisons and business units with barrier control and searching operations)
high security escorts of prisoners
emergency management
fire awareness training and support
Emergency Response and Statewide Training Group
Urinalysis Coordination (assists the Victorian Prison Drug Strategy in reducing drug use and behaviour through the drug testing of prisoners)
CVTrack (assists business units across the Department of Justice and Community Safety in fleet, staff safety and asset management, using GPS monitoring technology)
CV security reviews.

Contact

General Manager

SESG
c/- Metropolitan Remand Centre
Middle Road
Ravenhall Victoria 3023

Telephone: 03 9217 7928
Fax: 03 9217 7922