Offences involving gross breaches of trust by public officers in the corrections system, including facilitating inmate access to unmonitored telephones and disclosing restricted computer records, attract immediate imprisonment with general deterrence as the dominant sentencing consideration. Two years' imprisonment per corruption count and 4-6 months per computer misuse count were within range for such offending. When assessing manifest excess for offences against Western Australian law, broad consistency is assessed by reference to sentences in comparable cases in that jurisdiction, not interstate decisions.
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