The Commonwealth Corrections Service is a constituent organisation of the Parliament of Law.
| Commonwealth Corrections Service | |
|---|---|
| Establishment of the Parliament of Law | |
| Employees | 7,115 |
| Headquarters | Commonwealth Corrections House, Virgin |
| Service | Commonwealth Police Service (Custodial endorsement) |
The Commonwealth Corrections Service is the custodial and rehabilitation body associated with the Parliament of Law, responsible for administering Vekllei’s prison system, community corrections and the reintegration of people leaving custody.
Since people in the Commonwealth do not use money in ordinary life, the primary methods of correction are labour (through community service) and penitence (through solitude and selected exposure). Most crimes are corrected through service, but serious crimes place convicts in a system of Federal Correctional establishments.
As prisoners, federal convicts are strictly isolated from other inmates and generally receive only one-on-one socialisation through mentorship programmes, education and religious services. The Commonwealth is unusual in its high proportion of federally-operated correctional institutions, since only a handful of republics maintain their own prisons.
The Service operates federal detention facilities for both short and long-sentence offenders. Community corrections – usually supervised releases and work orders – are administered through the Service’s republic networks. Its prison officers are constables of the Commonwealth Police Service holding the Custodial endorsement, who are posted to the penitentiaries and community corrections offices and may hold other endorsements alongside it.
General Headquarters
1,090Direction of the body; parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.
Department of Prisons
305Prisons and other places of custody.
Department of Training & Treatment
355Education, trade training, prison work and psychological treatment of prisoners.
Department of Probation
2,540Probation, supervised release and work orders.
Department of Discharged Prisoners
455Lodging, work and family matters of discharged prisoners.
Federal Prisons
950Federal prisons holding Commonwealth-sentenced offenders.
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Federal Penitentiary Helena
Primary maximum-security federal penitentiary, sited within Fortress Helena. -
Federal Penitentiary Santes
Second federal penitentiary, on the world's most remote inhabited island. -
Commonwealth Correctional Centre Meteor
Federal rehabilitation and vocational facility. -
Commonwealth Women's Penitentiary Antigua
Federal custodial facility for women.
Republic Penitentiaries
1,420Republic prisons serving their local court circuits.
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Union Penitentiary
Largest penitentiary by headcount, serving the Parliament of Law court circuit in Oslola. -
Kairi Penitentiary
Largest republic penitentiary in the Caribbean. -
Summers Penitentiary
Remand and transit facility for the Atlantic court circuit. -
Mira Penitentiary
Mid-Atlantic republic facility. -
Karu Penitentiary
Eastern Caribbean facility. -
Hetland Penitentiary
Northernmost facility in the Commonwealth.
Federal Prison Service
Federal prisons for Commonwealth-sentenced offenders.
Probation Service
Probation, supervised release and work orders.
Prisoner Education Service
Education and trade training in prisons.
Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society
Lodging and work for prisoners on release.
Prison Research Unit
Research on reformation, reconviction and the psychology of prisoners.
Correctional Facilities
The Service manages a network of prisons, usually called penitentiaries because of their programme of solitude, which range from secure urban towers to imposing island fortresses. The largest and most impressive is Federal Penitentiary Solitude, which sits within Fortress Helena in the Helena republic, which is itself situated over 1,200km from the nearest landmass. Appropriately for an island that once served as Napoleon’s place of exile, F.P. Solitude primarily serves long-term, influential and high-risk offenders, including gang leaders and foreign nationals.
Federal Penitentiary Santes of the Santes republic is still further isolated, located in what is regarded as the remotest inhabited place in the world.
Union Penitentiary is the largest by headcount, located in Oslola and serving the Parliament of Law court circuit there.
Federal Prisons
- Federal Penitentiary Helena ( Helena) — primary maximum-security federal penitentiary
- Federal Penitentiary Santes ( Santes) — second federal penitentiary on the world’s most remote inhabited island
- Commonwealth Correctional Centre Meteor (Meteor) — federal rehabilitation and vocational facility
- Commonwealth Women’s Penitentiary Antigua ( Antigua) — federal custodial facility for women
Republic Penitentiaries
- Union Penitentiary ( Oslola) — largest penitentiary by headcount
- Kairi Penitentiary ( Kairi) — largest republic penitentiary in the Caribbean
- Summers Penitentiary ( Summers) — remand and transit facility for the Atlantic court circuit
- Mira Penitentiary ( Mira) — mid-Atlantic republic facility
- Karu Penitentiary ( Karu) — eastern Caribbean facility
- Hetland Penitentiary ( Hetland) — northernmost facility in the Commonwealth