❓ Mr. Abetz asks for an update on the Wandoo Reintegration Facility. The Minister for Corrective Services provides a positive report on its first year, highlighting a significantly lower recidivism rate compared to the general prison population.
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WANDOO REINTEGRATION FACILITY
773. Mr P. ABETZ to the
Minister for Corrective Services:
Can the minister update the house on the Wandoo Reintegration
Facility, which opened 12 months ago?
773. Mr P. ABETZ to the
Minister for Corrective Services:
Can the minister update the house on the Wandoo Reintegration
Facility, which opened 12 months ago?
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I thank the member for Southern River for his continued
interest in restorative justice that has a reintegration focus.
For the information of members, Wandoo, the old Rangeview
Remand Centre facility, has been operating for 12 months. It reopened its doors
in November last year to take in 18 to 24-year-old male prisoners who have been
targeted in a way so as to stop them repeatedly going through the revolving
door of the corrections system. We want to pull them out of the mainstream
prison population; we want to give them the best chance to succeed in life once
they are released. The reason for this is that, as we all know, employment is
one of the key ways to stop people from reintegrating into the prison system.
Prisoners at Wandoo do a number of different programs, such as dogging and rigging,
first aid, getting their driver's licence and food sense preparation.
In fact, most of the courses they do come from the state priority occupation
list so that these prisoners upon their release are as job ready as possible.
It is worth looking at some of the statistics to measure the
success of Wandoo. Thirty-eight prisoners have been released from Wandoo in the
past 12 months, of which only four have reoffended. One prisoner was at Wandoo
for a significant amount of time, but the other three were there for periods of
less than three months and did not complete all their programs. But having only
four of 38 prisoners reoffend on release puts the recidivism rate at about 11 per
cent, which is significantly lower, by about one-third, than the one-year recidivism
rate in the general adult prison population. This shows us that it is not only
working, but also that it is a worthwhile cause. Of the 38 prisoners who were
released, only four reoffended. That means that 34 of those prisoners managed
to keep themselves from returning to the justice system, so 34 of the 38 have
managed to get on with their lives. The good news is that they are out there
now making a positive contribution to society. They are no longer wasting their
lives and their human capital. It also means that there are far fewer victims.
This government is intent on trying to find new and innovative ways to reduce
the recidivism rate in Western Australia. I would like to —
Ms
M.M. Quirk interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr
J.M. FRANCIS : I think we should give credit where it is due and
congratulate the 34 individuals who have managed to get on with their lives and
stay out of the corrections system. Good luck to them all.
interest in restorative justice that has a reintegration focus.
For the information of members, Wandoo, the old Rangeview
Remand Centre facility, has been operating for 12 months. It reopened its doors
in November last year to take in 18 to 24-year-old male prisoners who have been
targeted in a way so as to stop them repeatedly going through the revolving
door of the corrections system. We want to pull them out of the mainstream
prison population; we want to give them the best chance to succeed in life once
they are released. The reason for this is that, as we all know, employment is
one of the key ways to stop people from reintegrating into the prison system.
Prisoners at Wandoo do a number of different programs, such as dogging and rigging,
first aid, getting their driver's licence and food sense preparation.
In fact, most of the courses they do come from the state priority occupation
list so that these prisoners upon their release are as job ready as possible.
It is worth looking at some of the statistics to measure the
success of Wandoo. Thirty-eight prisoners have been released from Wandoo in the
past 12 months, of which only four have reoffended. One prisoner was at Wandoo
for a significant amount of time, but the other three were there for periods of
less than three months and did not complete all their programs. But having only
four of 38 prisoners reoffend on release puts the recidivism rate at about 11 per
cent, which is significantly lower, by about one-third, than the one-year recidivism
rate in the general adult prison population. This shows us that it is not only
working, but also that it is a worthwhile cause. Of the 38 prisoners who were
released, only four reoffended. That means that 34 of those prisoners managed
to keep themselves from returning to the justice system, so 34 of the 38 have
managed to get on with their lives. The good news is that they are out there
now making a positive contribution to society. They are no longer wasting their
lives and their human capital. It also means that there are far fewer victims.
This government is intent on trying to find new and innovative ways to reduce
the recidivism rate in Western Australia. I would like to —
Ms
M.M. Quirk interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr
J.M. FRANCIS : I think we should give credit where it is due and
congratulate the 34 individuals who have managed to get on with their lives and
stay out of the corrections system. Good luck to them all.
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