❓ Question regarding access to Skype and phone calls for prisoners at Albany Regional Prison, particularly focusing on facilitating family contact and addressing the needs of prisoners from outside the local area and foreign nationals.
AnsweredQoN 1586Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I
refer to the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services report 118, Inspection of Albany Regional Prison , and to the fact that more than 80 percent
of prisoners in Albany are from outside the local area, and I ask: (a) why
is skype not available to prisoners on weekends or late afternoons to
facilitate contact with working partners and children; (b) will
the prison extend skype access for prisoners; (c) if
yes to (b): (i) when; and (ii) please
advise any additional times skype will be available to prisoners; (d) if
no to (b), why not; (e) given
many people in Western Australia no longer have access to land lines, will the Minister
consider subsidising prisoners’ calls to mobiles; (f) if
no to (e), why not; (g) given
the high numbers of foreign nationals in Albany prison, will the prison
introduce a more practical approach for money to be transferred into prisoners’
phone accounts; (h) if
yes to (g), when; and (i) if
no to (g), why not?
refer to the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services report 118, Inspection of Albany Regional Prison , and to the fact that more than 80 percent
of prisoners in Albany are from outside the local area, and I ask: (a) why
is skype not available to prisoners on weekends or late afternoons to
facilitate contact with working partners and children; (b) will
the prison extend skype access for prisoners; (c) if
yes to (b): (i) when; and (ii) please
advise any additional times skype will be available to prisoners; (d) if
no to (b), why not; (e) given
many people in Western Australia no longer have access to land lines, will the Minister
consider subsidising prisoners’ calls to mobiles; (f) if
no to (e), why not; (g) given
the high numbers of foreign nationals in Albany prison, will the prison
introduce a more practical approach for money to be transferred into prisoners’
phone accounts; (h) if
yes to (g), when; and (i) if
no to (g), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
20 September 2018
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
9 days
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