Emeritus Professor Neil Morgan AM was appointed Inspector of Custodial Services in March 2009 and is the second Inspector of Custodial Services in Western Australia. He was formerly a Professor of Law at the University of Western Australia.
Prof Morgan has been 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. Prof Morgan 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. Major recent publications include Criminal Law in Malaysia and Singapore (with Stanley Yeo and Chan Wing Cheong), LexisNexis, 2nd Ed, 2012.
Prof Morgan has also received two national teaching awards.
In June 2022, Prof Morgan was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to public administration in Western Australia.
