Staff Safety
Justice Health provides health services in a variety of locations across metropolitan, regional and remote NSW. Our health services are delivered in Department of Corrective Services correctional centres, Juvenile Justice detention centres, police cells, Court complexes and in community settings.
Contrary to many perceptions associated with working in a correctional setting, Justice Health is one of the few health services that can provide a secure working environment for all patient interactions. Custodial staff from the Department of Corrective Services and the Department of Juvenile Justice are present at all times when staff are treating patients within correctional and detention centres, and security is a key part of our orientation and training process.
Our patients are members of the general population: they come from and usually return to the community. Justice Health fulfils a valuable role in improving the health status of this group while also minimising the health consequences of incarceration on individuals, their families and the general community.
Through the efforts of our staff, we continue to provide a service that leads the way in international best practice for those who come in contact with the criminal justice system.