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Managing offenders in the community
Community Corrections is the part of Corrective Services NSW that supervises offenders in the community while supporting them to complete their court orders. We promote offenders' safe and effective rehabilitation and re-integration through partnerships with other agencies and community groups.
Community Corrections staff work in more than 60 Community Corrections offices and facilities across NSW with the aim of making communities safer and enabling people to change their lives for the better.
Contact Community Corrections
Find our contact details in the NSW Government Directory:
Our work
Community Corrections does the following work:
- pre- and post-sentence assessments and providing advice to courts and parole authorities
- community-based interventions which take account of community protection
- compliance with community-cased court orders
- restitution to the community
- personal and developmental support for individuals in addressing their offending behaviour.
How we carry out our work
Our work is guided by the directions in the Community Corrections policy and procedures manual.
We also manage diversionary programs at residential facilities, and transitional centres across NSW.
To meet our responsibilities, we work with non-government organisations (NGOs) to support people on community based orders.
Diversionary programs
Rather than go into custody, the courts may offer a diversionary program to some individuals. Community Corrections manages these programs at our residential facilities:
Find out more about diversionary programs at our residential and transitional centres.
Transitional centres
We also manage transitional centres to support female offenders about to return to their communities:
- Bolwara in Emu Plains
- Parramatta transitional centre.
Find out more about our residential and transitional centres.
Working with NGOs
We engage with non-government organisations (NGOs) to support people on community-based orders.
Get our factsheet on Community Corrections working with NGOs (PDF, 619 KB).
Last updated:
30 Jul 2024
We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the First Nations Peoples of NSW and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future.
Informed by lessons of the past, Department of Communities and Justice is improving how we work with Aboriginal people and communities. We listen and learn from the knowledge, strength and resilience of Stolen Generations Survivors, Aboriginal Elders and Aboriginal communities.
You can access our apology to the Stolen Generations.