❓ Provides average daily prison populations for each WA facility from 2019-2022. Shows a general trend of decreasing prison populations across the state.
AnsweredQoN 1059Legislative Council
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What is the average daily population of adult prisoners, for each individual prison facility, in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date?
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Answered
29 November 2022
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
9 days
Answer
Facility
2019
2020
2021
2022 1
Acacia Prison
1520
1507
1453
1313
Albany Regional Prison
460
408
310
321
Bandyup Women’s Prison
255
254
221
193
Boronia Pre Release Centre
86
88
83
79
Broome Regional Prison
66
66
56
57
Bunbury Regional Prison
384
504
487
503
Casuarina Prison
937
985
1190
1140
Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison
291
236
227
222
Greenough Regional Prison
165
205
195
191
Hakea Prison
1155
1002
913
895
Karnet Prison Farm
365
362
357
314
Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility 2
235
232
--
--
Melaleuca Women's Prison 2
--
215
193
174
Pardelup Prison Farm
88
94
81
87
Roebourne Regional Prison
215
210
203
195
Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison
64
67
51
51
West Kimberley Regional Prison
207
200
198
193
Wooroloo Prison Farm
415
412
382
332
Whole of Adult Estate
6910
6820
6600
6261
The Average Daily Population is the average of the population recorded at midnight on each calendar day over a given time period.
1 The results for 2022 are for the period 1 January 2022 to 25 October 2022.
2 Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility was a privately operated women’s prison; on 4 April 2020, the prison transitioned to the Department of Justice – Corrective Services and renamed to Melaleuca Women’s Prison (Public).
Facility
2019
2020
2021
2022 1
Acacia Prison
1520
1507
1453
1313
Albany Regional Prison
460
408
310
321
Bandyup Women’s Prison
255
254
221
193
Boronia Pre Release Centre
86
88
83
79
Broome Regional Prison
66
66
56
57
Bunbury Regional Prison
384
504
487
503
Casuarina Prison
937
985
1190
1140
Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison
291
236
227
222
Greenough Regional Prison
165
205
195
191
Hakea Prison
1155
1002
913
895
Karnet Prison Farm
365
362
357
314
Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility 2
235
232
--
--
Melaleuca Women's Prison 2
--
215
193
174
Pardelup Prison Farm
88
94
81
87
Roebourne Regional Prison
215
210
203
195
Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison
64
67
51
51
West Kimberley Regional Prison
207
200
198
193
Wooroloo Prison Farm
415
412
382
332
Whole of Adult Estate
6910
6820
6600
6261
The Average Daily Population is the average of the population recorded at midnight on each calendar day over a given time period.
1 The results for 2022 are for the period 1 January 2022 to 25 October 2022.
2 Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility was a privately operated women’s prison; on 4 April 2020, the prison transitioned to the Department of Justice – Corrective Services and renamed to Melaleuca Women’s Prison (Public).
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