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possibly combined with other conditions such as drug-testing. Under the new system, a conditional non-custodial sentence is imposed. The offender is not detained if conditions are satisfied, but the sentence may be upgraded to full-time custodial detention if the conditions are violated.
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described such sentences as "a minor inconvenience" for offenders. Although it avoided mixing first-time and petty criminals with more serious offenders, periodic detention nonetheless brought offenders together, potentially reinforcing criminogenic behaviours.
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New South Wales ended its periodic detention program 2010, in favour of non-custodial sentences such as "intensive corrections orders", a form of mandatory
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between 1962 and 2002, although offenders did not always serve on weekends. High-profile offenders sentenced to periodic detention included former
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between Friday and Sunday evenings each week, but is at liberty at other times. Promoted by prison reformers as an
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Referring specifically to the implementation of periodic detention in New South Wales, Jurist
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Report of the royal commission into New South Wales prisons
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Periodic detention also requires dedicated prisons,
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Index

Periodic Detention Centre
Criminal procedure
Fair trial
Pre-trial
Speedy trial
Jury trial
Counsel
Presumption of innocence
Exclusionary rule
Self-incrimination
Double jeopardy
Bail
Appeal
Verdict
Conviction
Acquittal
Not proven
Directed verdict
Sentencing
Mandatory
Suspended
Custodial
Periodic
Discharge
Guidelines
Guilt
Totality
Dangerous offender
Capital punishment
Execution warrant

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