Victoria will soon have Australia’s toughest parole regime after changes introduced by the Victorian Coalition Government passed through Parliament.

Premier Ted Baillieu has announced that parolees who reoffend will have their parole automatically cancelled or re-assessed under Coalition Government reforms to make Victoria’s parole regime the toughest in Australia.

Construction on the Ararat prison expansion project is set to restart within weeks, following the Coalition Government’s rescue of Labor’s failed project in August this year.

The former Labor Government’s failure to properly manage Victoria’s prison system has finally been exposed.

Corrections Minister Andrew McIntosh today opened a new 118 bed unit at Victoria’s maximum-security Port Phillip Prison as part of the Victorian Coalition Government’s long-term prison expansion program.

An innovative flood recovery project which saw prisoners and offenders assist with the response and recovery to this year’s devastating floods has been recognised as part of the 2012 Corrections Victoria Community Work Partnership Awards.

A new Community Advisory Group (CAG) is being established to ensure residents in Melbourne’s west have a voice in the development of Victoria’s new prison.

The banks responsible for Ararat’s prison expansion project have informed the Victorian Coalition Government they have appointed a new builder.

The Coalition Government today announced a 120 bed expansion of Loddon Prison, near Castlemaine, as part of the Coalition Government’s ongoing plan to modernise and upgrade Victoria’s prison system.

The Victorian Coalition Government is seeking a project director to lead development of the promised new prison at Ravenhall.

The Victorian Coalition Government has celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Prison Pet Partnership, a highly successful program using pet ownership to help rehabilitate and rebuild the lives of prisoners while retraining retired greyhounds so they can be adopted as pets into loving homes.

The Victorian Coalition Government will today fulfil its promise to amend serious sex offender legislation to strengthen protection for children, families and the community.

Prisoners with intellectual disabilities will receive increased support following the opening of a new disability programs room at Loddon Prison.

The Ararat prison expansion will be completed and subcontractors will be paid valid claims under an agreement negotiated by the Victorian Coalition Government.

Minister for Corrections Andrew McIntosh today officially opened the Victorian Coalition Government's 54-bed expansion at Dhurringile Prison.

The first stage of the Coalition Government's prison expansion program has been completed, on time and under budget.

The Coalition Government will build a new 500 bed prison to relieve the enormous and growing pressure on places in Victoria's prison system as part of a record investment in state infrastructure spending in the 2012-13 Budget.

The Victorian Coalition Government will change serious sex offender suppression order laws to further protect children and the community.

Prisoners from the minimum-security Dhurringile Prison and offenders sentenced to Community Work have been helping local communities and emergency services fight the flood crisis in northern Victoria.