住宅 problems behind 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業s on 仮釈放(する)

Availability of suitable 住宅 was behind a third of Victorian 可能性のある 仮釈放(する)s 存在 kept behind 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業s, 誘発するing a call to supercharge social 住宅 在庫/株s.

New data shows 116 仮釈放(する) 使用/適用s in Victoria were 拒絶するd last 財政上の year because of an absence of suitable accommodation or insufficient time left on the 囚人's 宣告,判決 to find an appropriate 代案/選択肢.

"A 欠如(する) of suitable accommodation continues to be a 障壁 for 囚人s 進歩ing through the 仮釈放(する) 過程," the 2021/22 Adult 仮釈放(する) Board 年次の 報告(する)/憶測 reads.

The board 否定するd 32 per cent of requests on suitable accommodation grounds, a rise from 30 per cent in 2020/21. It was also 特記する/引用するd as a factor in 54 per cent of all 仮釈放(する) 否定s, 落ちるing from 61 per cent in 2020/21.

Another 47 囚人s also self-報告(する)/憶測d it as the 推論する/理由 for 身を引くing their 使用/適用.

The 会議 to Homeless Persons 掴むd on the 人物/姿/数字s, 宣言するing Victorian taxpayers would have saved more than $25 million over 12 months if all 163 囚人s were 認めるd 仮釈放(する).

"Victoria's social 住宅 不足(高) is now stinging all taxpayers who are 地盤 the 法案 to unnecessarily keep more people in 刑務所,拘置所," 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある Jenny Smith said in 声明 on Wednesday.

"住宅 availability is also a major factor in keeping people out of 刑務所,拘置所 once they are 解放(する)d. Building more social 住宅 is proven to 減ずる 罪,犯罪."

The 最新の 人物/姿/数字s from 是正s Victoria show there were 6691 囚人s across the 明言する/公表する at the end of November, up 1.4 per cent from 12 months earlier.

There has been a 6.2 per cent rise in the number of unsentenced 囚人s in the system since November 2021 , with the cohort accounting for 42.8 per cent of all those in 保護/拘留.

It cost $421 a day or $154,000 a year on 普通の/平均(する) to keep a 囚人 behind 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業s in Victoria in 2020/21, the most of any 明言する/公表する, (許可,名誉などを)与えるing a 生産性 (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限 研究 paper 解放(する)d in 2021.

Ms Smith 勧めるd the Victorian 政府 to commit to building 6000 new social dwellings a year over the next 10年間, 特に in light of the scheduled end to its $5.3 billion Big 住宅 Build program in 中央の-2024.

"投資 in social 住宅 is more cost-効果的な than spending even more on 刑務所,拘置所s. We can make our community safer while 演説(する)/住所ing one of the 重要な 問題/発行するs in our society," she said.

A 是正s Victoria program 申し込む/申し出s 過度期の 住宅 to 囚人s 出口ing 保護/拘留, with a Maribyrnong community 場所/位置 融通するing more than 160 men - 含むing 94 on 仮釈放(する) - since 開始 in 2020.

A Victorian 政府 spokesperson said a stable roof over people's 長,率いるs is an important part of breaking the cycle of reoffending.

"We have several pathways for both male and 女性(の) 違反者/犯罪者s to find accommodation that is suitable to their needs," she said.

"We know there is an 緊急の need for social and affordable 住宅 権利 across Victoria."

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