The Inspector of Custodial Services: Professor Neil Morgan

Appointed Inspector on 30th March 2009, Neil Morgan is the second Inspector of Custodial Services in Western Australia, following Professor Richard Harding. He was formally Professor of Law at the University of Western Australia, a member of the Parole Board of Western Australia, and Director of Research for the Western Australia Law Reform Commission project on Aboriginal Customary law.  He has been Rapporteur for the Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators for the past decade and a consultant to numerous government departments and other agencies in Australia.  His main research publications have been on criminal law, sentencing and the administration of sentences in Australia and in the Asia Pacific region.

Deputy Inspector: Barry Cram

Barry was appointed Deputy Inspector in the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services on 5 November 2007. Barry has a background in clinical and organisational psychology, reform and change management in the public sector, and eight years experience in senior management positions in corrections.  He has a Bachelor of Education, a Master of Arts in Psychology and a post-graduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology.

Barry joined the Ministry of Justice in September 1998 to establish and lead the Prisons Improvement Program, a comprehensive change program initiated with a view to reforming and improving the performance of the prison system in Western Australia. Barry subsequently occupied the positions of Director Business Management, Director Court Security and Prisoner Transport, and Director Offender Services in the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Corrective Services.