Offenders come clean with public transport graffiti problem
Source: Western Australia. Minister for Corrective Services. Media Release
"Offenders are repaying their debt to society through a scheme to remove graffiti and repair the damage caused by vandals on public transport. The Department of Corrective Services’ Repay WA graffiti scheme supplies a team of supervised offenders each week to Southern Coast Transit. The offenders, who are on community-based orders, remove graffiti, repair upholstery and perform other detailing work on buses at Southern Coast Transit’s O’Connor depot. Corrective Services Minister Margaret Quirk said the aim of the scheme, which had operated since late February, was to get offenders convicted of graffiti and other property damage-related crimes to appreciate the effect of their reckless vandalism."