HIGH RISK SEX OFFENDERS TO STAY BEHIND BARS
Source: Victoria. Minister for Corrections. Media Release
"High risk sex offenders will be able to be kept behind bars after their original sentence has finished, under tough new laws introduced to the Parliament by the Brumby Labor Government. Minister for Corrections Bob Cameron said the new laws give courts the power to detain sex offenders for up to three years, if they are deemed to present an unacceptable risk to the community.“This legislation is about protecting the community from serious sex offenders and further strengthens the Brumby Labor Government’s commitment to keeping the community safe,” Mr Cameron said. The courts will now have the power to keep high risk offenders behind bars at the end of their sentence for up to three years, taking the already stringent monitoring conditions of sex offenders post-sentence to another level.”