Queensland Prison OST Evaluation < Projects

To provide a brief overview of trends in substance misuse among offender populations in Australia, with a focus on opioids and poly-drug misuse involving opioids;
To provide a review regarding current national and international best practice in the design and delivery of OST programs for offenders in custodial and community contexts;
To identify what QH and QCS data can be used (including scoping of gaps in the data) to measure the extent to which the OST programs to be delivered in the custodial and community contexts are successful in achieving intended benefits
Present clear findings regarding the collection of any additional data needed to measure outcomes of an OST program.
To identify the barriers to, and benefits of, programs delivered to Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre, Townsville Women’s Correction Centre, Lotus Glen Correctional Centre ad Townsville (Men’s) Correctional Centre.
To present findings regarding the initial Phase 1 OST delivery and implementation, to inform and enhance Phase 2 (state-wide expansion) of OST programs across all adult correctional centres in Queensland; establish baseline and outcome measures and targets for the proposed state-wide OST program rollout (Phase 2) in all adult Queensland custodial settings.

Queensland Prison OST Evaluation