'Secure Care Facilities’:  where persons with a complex cognitive impairment who are engaging in repetitive high-risk behaviours which are likely to result in harm to themselves or to others, may be placed. In this situation, the placement is involuntary and is made under a supervision or treatment order, so the person can receive therapeutic treatment. Eligibility for admission to the Secure Care Facility depends upon these criteria being met and the likely benefit a person may obtain from the treatment.

In July 2024, the CVP was advised that NT’s sole Secure Care Facility (SCF) in Alice Springs would be repurposed by NT Department of Corrections. As such, there is currently no Secure Care Facility in the NT. Persons with complex cognitive disabilities who are subject to orders under Part IIA of the Criminal Code Act 1983 remain at risk of either being placed in mainstream correctional settings or confined to the Cognitive Behaviour Unit (CBU) at Darwin Correctional Centre (DCC) prior to transitioning to the Cottages, which are staffed by specialist personnel from NT Health’s Forensic Disability Unit (FDU). The CVP visits the Cottages quarterly.

‘Appropriate Places’ are residences for persons placed on a supervision order by the Courts under the Criminal Code.

‘Other Residential Facilities’ where a person with a disability may live and receive treatment and care, administered by the Department of Health (DoH).