Insight: August 27

This week on Insight, the contentious topic is the Parole Board system following the recent headlines surrounding the Victorian Parole Board and the case involving Adrian Bayley, convicted of the murder and rape of Jill Meagher.

The forum will include victims of crime, parole board members and those from inside the justice system in discussion.

“Adrian Bayley was therefore both on parole and on bail when he murdered and raped Jill Meagher. He ought to have been known by then to be a recidivist serious, violent, sexual offender.”
– The Callinan report.

This week, the Adult Parole Board of Victoria admitted it made a deadly mistake in letting Adrian Ernest Bayley remain on parole despite him breaking conditions just months before he went on to kill Melbourne woman Jill Meagher.

In the wake of Ian Callinan’s damning review of Victoria’s parole system, Insight brings together key players from inside the parole and justice systems to ask whether parole is working.

Current parole board members will tell host Jenny Brockie how they make such crucial decisions. The audience will also hear from one former parole board member who says he once had to consider 106 parole applications in just three hours.

They are joined by offenders who committed murder and aggravated burglary to discuss their experiences of being on parole and its effectiveness.

Victims also share their stories.

Tuesday at 8.30pm on SBS ONE.