Changes proposed for the state’s parole system threaten to make the community less safe, Liberty Victoria warned today.

“We strongly agree with some proposals for Parole reform while there are others that we firmly oppose,” said Liberty President Jane Dixon SC. “We take issue with the premise that community safety is to be achieved through refusing a greater number of applicants for parole. This will result in those prisoners serving longer periods of imprisonment and consequently having a shorter period of supervision on parole.”