It's not meant to punish spouses or partners; it's meant to sort of prevent prisoners from receiving additional funds when their basic needs are provided.
A question I had following from that is about those who are released from prison. I don't see where the legislation provides automatic notification to either the department or the minister of their release...without requiring the person released to do so. It seems to me that short-term inmates might not have as easy a facility or understanding about doing that, when the procedure might be easier handled from within. Have you given thought to that?