Queensland Consolidated Acts

CORRECTIVE SERVICES ACT 2006 - SECT 99

In deciding whether the prisoner's release poses an unacceptable risk to the community, the matters the chief executive may consider include the following—

(a) the possibility of the prisoner committing a further offence;

(b) the risk of physical or psychological harm to a member of the community and the degree of risk;

(c) the prisoner's past offences and any pattern of offending;

(d) whether the circumstances of the offence or offences for which the prisoner was convicted were exceptional when compared with the majority of offences of that kind committed;

(e) whether there are any other circumstances that may increase the risk to the community when compared with the risk posed by an offender committing offences of that kind;

(f) any relevant remarks made by the sentencing court;

(g) any relevant medical or psychological report relating to the prisoner;

(h) any relevant behavioural report relating to the prisoner.