❓ Alanna Clohesy asks about the cost and particulars of the electronic monitoring system used for serious dangerous sex offenders in WA. The Attorney General's response indicates difficulty in retrieving specific cost data and describes the system as near real-time GPS based.
AnsweredQoN 735Legislative Council
Asked
18 August 2016
Member
Portfolio
Attorney General representing the Minister for Corrective Services
QuestionView source ↗
DANGEROUS SEX OFFENDERS — ELECTRONIC
MONITORING
735. Hon ALANNA CLOHESY to the Attorney General
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to the electronic monitoring
of serious dangerous sex offenders.
(1) What is the cost per day per
offender?
(2) Is the monitoring system —
(a) passive;
(b) active;
(c) hybrid; or
(d) other?
(3) What are the particulars of the
system in (2)?
(4) How much does the monitoring
cost per offender per day?
MONITORING
735. Hon ALANNA CLOHESY to the Attorney General
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to the electronic monitoring
of serious dangerous sex offenders.
(1) What is the cost per day per
offender?
(2) Is the monitoring system —
(a) passive;
(b) active;
(c) hybrid; or
(d) other?
(3) What are the particulars of the
system in (2)?
(4) How much does the monitoring
cost per offender per day?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of this question. I provide the following response on behalf of the
Attorney General —
(1) The department
advises the information requested is not recorded in a manner that is easily
retrievable within the given time frame. The department requests that the
member place this question on notice.
(2) (a)–(c) Not applicable.
(d) It is a near real-time collection
and transmission monitoring system.
(3) They are GPS
satellites and communications infrastructure—mobile network—to
accomplish near real‑time collection and transmission of device location
and status data.
(4) Refer to answer (1).
some notice of this question. I provide the following response on behalf of the
Attorney General —
(1) The department
advises the information requested is not recorded in a manner that is easily
retrievable within the given time frame. The department requests that the
member place this question on notice.
(2) (a)–(c) Not applicable.
(d) It is a near real-time collection
and transmission monitoring system.
(3) They are GPS
satellites and communications infrastructure—mobile network—to
accomplish near real‑time collection and transmission of device location
and status data.
(4) Refer to answer (1).
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