Prisoner consent to the release of medical information form

Community corrections
Community corrections
- Find a CCS location
  Find a CCS location
  
  Find or contact a community corrections office.
- Types of community-based orders
  Types of community-based orders
  
  Community-based 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.
- Partner with us to provide community work placements
  Partner with us to provide community work placements
  
  Community work placements provide a cost-effective way of delivering work and help people make a fresh start in life.
- Wulgunggo Ngalu Learning Place
  Wulgunggo Ngalu Learning Place
  
  This brochure provides information about the Wulgunggo Ngalu Learning Place.
Being in prison
Being in prison
- 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.
- 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.
- Money
  Money
  
  Prisoner monies are held in trust using a computerised accounting 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.
- Property and clothing
  Property and clothing
  
  The type and amount of property and clothing prisoners are allowed to keep varies from prison to prison.
- Recreation
  Recreation
  
  Activities in Victorian prisons ensure access to fresh air for at least an hour a day and access to a library.
- Work, education and training
  Work, education and training
  
  Prisoners have the opportunity to work during their sentence to build work habits and skills.
- Leaving prison
  Leaving prison
  
  All Victorian prisons have Transitional staff to assist prisoners to prepare for their release.
Contact or visit a prison
Contact or visit a prison
- Prisons in Victoria
  Prisons in Victoria
  
  Find information about each of Victoria's correctional centres.
- Visit a person in prison
  Visit a person in prison
  
  Learn about visiting someone in a Victorian prison and what to expect.
- Phone calls and video visits
  Phone calls and video visits
  
  Learn how to have a phone call or video visit with a person in prison.
- Send letters, money or property to a person in prison
  Send letters, money or property to a person in prison
  
  Learn how to post mail, send personal items or send money to a person in prison.
- Email a person in prison
  Email a person in prison
  
  Learn how to send emails to a person in prison in Victoria.
- Legal and other professional visitors
  Legal and other professional visitors
  
  People in prison are entitled to meetings, phone calls and video calls with professional visitors.
- Independent Prison Visitor Scheme
  Independent Prison Visitor Scheme
  
  Independent Prison Visitors are volunteers who provide independent advice to the Minister for Corrections on the operation of Victoria's prison system.
- International delegations
  International delegations
  
  Information for overseas delegations (outside of Australia) to visit a prison in Victoria.