The Law Handbook 2024

238 SECTION 3: Fines, infringements and criminal law Contacts Adult Parole Board of Victoria Level 14, 50 Franklin Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 1300 766 946 Email: apb.enquiries@justice.vic.gov.au Web: www.adultparoleboard.vic.gov.au Australian Community Support Organisation (ACSO) Head office: 1 Hoddle Street, Richmond Vic 3121 Tel: 9413 7000 Email: acso@acso.org.au Web: www.acso.org.au ACSO provides services for ex-prisoners. ACSO also has offices in Ballarat, Bendigo, Dandenong, Shepparton, Sunshine, Traralgon and Warrnambool. Centrelink Tel (Centrelink employment services): 13 28 50 Web: www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/centrelink Corrections Victoria Tel: 1300 191 835 Email: corrections@justice.vic.gov.au Web: www.corrections.vic.gov.au Corrections Victoria oversees Victoria’s prison system. Corrections Victoria Housing Program Email: cvhousing@justice.vic.gov.au DirectLine Tel: 1800 888 236 (24/7) Web: www.directline.org.au Provides alcohol and drug counselling and referrals Flat Out Queen Victoria Women’s Centre Level 2, 210 Lonsdale Street Melbourne, VIC 3000 Tel: 9372 6155 Email: admin@flatout.org.au Web: www.flatout.org.au Flat Out is a support service for women leaving prison. Housing support services Tel: 1800 825 955 (24/7) Connects callers with the nearest housing service Jesuit Social Services (JSS) Head office: 326 Church Street, Richmond Vic 3121 Tel: 9421 7600 Email: jss@jss.org.au Web: www.jss.org.au JSS runs the ReConnect program, which supports men and women transitioning from prison to the community. Justice Assurance and Review Office (JARO) Tel: 8684 6394 Email: jaro@justice.vic.gov.au Web: www.justice.vic.gov.au/contact-us/justice- assurance-and-review-office-jaro Part of the Victorian Government, JARO has an oversight role of Victoria’s adult correctional systems. Justice Health Victorian Government Department of Justice and Community Safety Tel: 9947 1601 Email: justicehealth@justice.vic.gov.au Web: www.corrections.vic.gov.au/justice-health Justice Health is responsible for delivering health services to people in Victoria’s prisons Lifeline Tel: 13 11 14 (24/7) Web: www.lifeline.org.au Provides general counselling and referrals Melbourne City Mission 164–180 Kings Way, South Melbourne Vic 3205 Tel: 9977 0000 Web: www.mcm.org.au MensLine Australia Tel: 1300 789 978 Web: www.mensline.org.au Provides telephone and online counselling for men Post Sentence Authority (PSA) Tel: 1300 076 724 Web: www.postsentenceauthority.vic.gov.au The PSA supervises people on post sentence orders. Prison Network Tel: 9873 4190 Email: hello@prisonnetwork.org.au Web: www.prisonnetwork.org.au Supports women who are, or have been, in Victoria’s prisons