Big no to prisoner dumping

The Advertiser: Big no to prisoner dumping [21aug05]:

"'I don't think it's appropriate for us to be accepting interstate parolees simply because it's administratively convenient for NSW,' Ms Nelson said.

'They asked for informal supervision of anyone being transferred here without checks being done on appropriate accommodation and support. We don't do that with our own parolees, why should we do it for NSW?' she said."

Other states haven't wished to participate in this scheme, so I'm with Ms. Nelson on this one. It's very odd. I should have thought, however, that we would ensure parolees have accomodation and support before they are paroled. That is a factor in success in the outside world I should have thought. If NSW can't cope, sending the problem elsewhere is not going to help and given the distance it would be hard to manage as such. They are 2000 km away and it might be useful and helpful to parole someone from one state to another, but I would imagine that would be managed as now, on a case by case basis. If NSW is unable to manage the workload, they need to consider the radical approach of empying more people to do the job and if that is a funding issue, then that needs to be made public.