H&I Hub Meeting and Women’s Prison Meeting Group Conscience Minutes – July 2020

H&I Hub Meeting and Women’s Prison Meeting Group Conscience Minutes

Date: 18 July, 2020

Venue: Online

Attendees – Meredith C (Chair/Minutes), Victoria S, Ally D, Sarah M, Siarah K, Yvonne D, Jason T

Apologies – Fran H

H&I Hub Meeting Format

H&I Literature

Action	Member Responsible	Status
Contact FSO to request donated H&I texts (5^th edition) for correctional facilities	Meredith C

Northern Australia H&I Activity

Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation and Fraser Compound (Detention Centre), Pinkenba

Action	Member Responsible	Status
Discuss handover process with Cam W	Meredith C

Toowoomba

Action	Member Responsible	Status
Approach Sunrise Way to determine interest in joining online H&I presentations	Meredith C

Townsville (Sarah M)

Small fellowship
Working toward delivering H&I at the Townsville Women’s Correctional Centre
- Three women cleared including Sarah, one application pending
- Connect Meredith C with Gay Reynolds, Manager Support Services
Approached by ATODS and Ozcare to undertake speaker presentations

Action	Member Responsible	Status
Connect Meredith C with Gay Reynolds	Sarah M

South East Queensland Online H&I Presentations

H&I Hub advised HADs is moving back to face to face meetings and their roster is no longer able to support weekly online H&I presentations
Last SEQ H&I presentation was Monday, July 6
Hader Clinic referred to Regional Online H&I to ensure presentation continuity

Regional Online H&I

Discussed proposing a second online presentation to Regional H&I Subcommittee to involve more treatment facilities and NA members interested in H&I
Online presentations currently held weekly on Monday evenings from 7-8pm
Open to treatment facilities Australia wide
Members Australia wide are invited to join the speaker roster (6-month minimum clean time)
H&I Hub Chair spoke with Sunshine Coast (Pete K) regarding:
- Participation in regional online H&I meetings
- Was referred to Sunshine Coast H&I Chair (Lee H) for follow up on face to face H&I meetings

Action	Member Responsible	Status
Contact Regional H&I Subcommittee to discuss proposal for second online presentation	Meredith C
Refer Ally D and Jason T to Regional Online H&I as observers	Meredith C
Promote H&I roster opportunities for Regional Online H&I at meetings; encourage interested members and early recovery members to sit in as observers	All	Ongoing

Correctional Facilities

Online Corrections Project

H&I Hub Chair contacted Gold Coast H&I Chair (Hannes S) and Numinbah Coordinator (Nicole S) to discuss Numinbah Correctional Centre as an online QCS pilot project site
Outline of pilot project proposal emailed to Gold Coast Chair and Coordinator for discussion at with Gold Coast H&I Subcommittee
H&I Hub and Women’s Prison Roster participants provided feedback on online pilot project sites with Numinbah put forward as the preferred site (low security, set-up more straightforward)
H&I Hub Chair contacted H&I Online Committee for CSNSW set-up and presentation details:
- NA speaker is set-up with a Just Connect account by Eda (H&I Online Committee member) and downloads software (WebEx Teams)
- Presentation booking for NA moderator, NA speakers and inmates made through Just Connect by Eda (H&I Online Committee member)
- Booking request is forwarded to security for association checks
- Invitation email is sent by CSNSW to all parties advising day, time and WebEx Teams VMR (virtual meeting room) details
- On the assigned day and time, the facility and the speakers dial into the allocated VMR (virtual meeting room) using WebEx Teams and two-way video.
- Speakers wait to be connected with prisoners

Face to face meetings

Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre recommenced July 10
- First meeting back went well, seven women attended
- Virtual non-NA visits working well at BWCC
- Decision made to meet at the gatehouse closer to 1pm
Southern Queensland Correctional Centre recommenced July 3
- First meeting back small but went well
- Virtual non-NA visits in place
Helana Jones Centre
- Waiting on recommencement date

Brisbane Youth Detention Centre

Action	Member Responsible	Status
Follow up call to Helana Jones Centre	Meredith C
Source Brisbane Youth Detention Centre contact details	Meredith C

Men’s Correctional Facilities

No face to face meetings up and running at this stage
Waiting on 5-6 security clearance applications (submitted March 29) to be processed by QCS
Group decision to proceed with NA male recruitment drive once roster is established
H&I Hub Chair spoke with Sunshine Coast (Pete K) regarding:
- Offered Hub support to establish meetings at Woodford Correctional Centre
- Provided overview of online correctional facility pilot project
- Was referred to Sunshine Coast H&I Chair (Lee H) to discuss working collaboratively to establish Woodford meetings

SEQ Men’s Correctional Facilities:

Arthur Gorrie (remand)
Wolston Correctional Centre (protection)
Brisbane Correctional Centre (primary SEQ reception area for sentenced prisoners and maximum security unit), formerly Sir David Longland Correctional Centre
Woodford Correctional Centre