CRS2025-Yong Lee Shie, Rob Jeffreys, David Brown, and Beverley Wall

Reflecting on CRS 2025: Heads of Service Roundtable Heads of Service Roundtable

Authors

Yong Lee SHIE

Commissioner, Singapore Prison Service

Yong Lee joined Singapore Prison Service (SPS) in 1995 after graduating from the National University of Singapore (NUS). In 2004, she was awarded the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship under the Young Leaders’ Program for future national leaders. Yong Lee graduated in 2005 from the Japan National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies with a Masters in Public Policy and was awarded the Dean’s Award for Distinguished Academic Performance. She completed her International Executive Programme with INSEAD in 2014, and MHA’s apex Phoenix Programme in 2019. Yong Lee’s key appointments in SPS include operations and command stints in the prisons, leadership roles in research and planning, development of rehabilitation programmes, policy reviews and legislative changes to facilitate the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders. Specifically, she has undertaken leadership roles as Head Operations of Changi Women’s Prison, Head Research & Planning, Head Programme, Deputy Director (Civil Defence & Rehabilitation) in Ministry of Home Affairs and Commander Cluster of five prisons. Yong Lee has been Deputy Commissioner since 2015 and was appointed as Commissioner of SPS on 28th September 2020.

Rob Jeffreys

David Brown

Chief Executive, Department for Correctional Services South Australia

David Brown graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts, double major in Government in 1992. In January 1993 he joined the Queensland Corrective Services Commission as a Custodial Correctional Officer. Mr Brown has enjoyed a wide and varied career in corrections with experience across three jurisdictions. He has worked in both the private and public sector in a range of senior management roles.

In summary, his experience includes:

Chief Executive, DCS, South Australia Executive Director Custodial Services, DCS, South Australia Director, Detention Services for GSL (Australia) Pty Ltd General Manager, Maryborough Correctional Centre, DCS, Queensland Assistant General Manager, Acacia Prison, Perth for AIMS Corporation

His academic qualifications include:

Bachelor of Arts, double major in Government and a major in Australian History, University of Queensland, 1992; and Master of Public Administration, University of Queensland, 2001.

Appointed as Chief Executive of the Department for Correctional Services in South Australia in September 2012, he has overseen a critical period of growth and reform across the Department. He has played a key role in strengthening security and emergency management standards across the system; placing a renewed focus on offender rehabilitation, education and vocation training; and building community partnerships to improve reintegration of offender back into society once they leave prison. Mr Brown is passionate about creating an integrated approach to offender management that involves meaningful activity combined with targeted rehabilitation.

The South Australian Department for Correctional Services is pursuing the ambitious goal of reducing re-offending by 10% by 2020. David Brown is focused on implementing strategies that drive down the rate of re-offending including increased investment in rehabilitation programs, strengthening alternatives to custody such as Home Detention and building better prison services. Leadership development and succession planning has been a key focus during his time in South Australia and he believes the Department for Correctional Services is well positioned with an experienced Executive and Senior Management group.

Beverley Wall

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