- Revise the Wandoo KPIs to be more outcome based and to include indicators that measure the facility’s progress towards reducing reoffending.
- The contract monitors should incorporate the results of Wandoo’s internal audits into their reviews, and ensure these reviews are focused on outcomes as well as managing risk.
- The Department and/or Serco should introduce additional support and counselling services for Aboriginal men.
- In line with the other minimum-security facilities in the state, the Department should relax the evening restrictions at Wandoo to allow the residents to participate in social and developmental activities in the evenings.
- Introduce smaller and more discreet GPS monitoring devices that residents can comfortably conceal when out in the public.
- Run the Medium Intensity Program at Wandoo.
- The Department should (a) work with Serco to assess the impact of Wandoo’s rehabilitation on reoffending rates, and (b) use these recidivism figures to provide a cost/benefit analysis for Wandoo.
- Wandoo management should continue to focus on rebuilding the relationship between management and staff.