Does the Department of Corrections proactively assess, before an Electronic Monitoring Field Officer attends a private residence, whether safeguards such as the attendance of an additional Field Officer or a Field Officer of a particular gender are appropriate; if so, what assessment process, criteria, and guidance apply?

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Tracey McLellan

List MP · Labour Party

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Does the Department of Corrections proactively assess, before an Electronic Monitoring Field Officer attends a private residence, whether safeguards such as the attendance of an additional Field Officer or a Field Officer of a particular gender are appropriate; if so, what assessment process, criteria, and guidance apply?