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❓ Mr Hort's QoN seeks data on prisoner transfers to external medical facilities, security arrangements, and charge discontinuations. The Minister declined to answer, citing resource constraints due to the breadth of the request and similar concurrent questions.

AnsweredQoN 537Legislative Assembly

Asked

21 August 2025

Member

Mr Adam Hort

Portfolio

Corrective Services

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(1) Since the 2021–22 financial year, how many prisoners in Western Australia have been transferred from custody to a hospital or other external facility for medical reasons? (2) Of those identified in (1): (a) how many remained under active Corrective Services custody (with officers present or other security arrangements in place); (b) how many were released from custody indefinitely or placed on temporary leave orders; and (c) how many did not return to custody following their hospitalisation or external placement? (3) Since the 2021–22 financial year, how many instances have occurred where criminal charges against a prisoner were discontinued, withdrawn, or dropped while they were outside a prison facility for medical or other reasons? (4) For each of the instances identified in (3), was the decision to discontinue charges linked to: (a) the prisoner’s medical condition; (b) custodial management considerations; and (c) prosecutorial discretion or other court-ordered reasons?

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Answered

14 October 2025

Responded by

Minister for Corrective Services

Response time

7 days

Compiling this information would demand diverting staff away from their operational duties and as a consequence, it is not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of resources. I note the Member asked 17 different questions of similar nature in length concurrently.

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