❓ Hon Michelle Boylan asks about alternative sleeping arrangements in WA correctional facilities due to capacity constraints. The Minister provides a breakdown of prisoners in alternative arrangements by facility as of 28 May 2025, specifying mattresses on the floor as the arrangement used.
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Corrective services—Accommodation practices
279. Hon Michelle Boylan to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to current accommodation
practices within Western Australia's correctional facilities, particularly
concerning the use of alternative sleeping arrangements due to capacity
constraints.
(1) How many prisoners at each adult prison,
juvenile detention centre and work camp in Western Australia are accommodated
in alternative sleeping arrangements, with the data broken down by individual
facility?
(2) For each facility listed in (1), please
specify:
(a) the number of prisoners currently accommodated
in each type of alternative sleeping arrangement—for example,
mattresses on the floor, non-standard beds, temporary overflow areas; and
(b) the type of arrangement used.
279. Hon Michelle Boylan to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to current accommodation
practices within Western Australia's correctional facilities, particularly
concerning the use of alternative sleeping arrangements due to capacity
constraints.
(1) How many prisoners at each adult prison,
juvenile detention centre and work camp in Western Australia are accommodated
in alternative sleeping arrangements, with the data broken down by individual
facility?
(2) For each facility listed in (1), please
specify:
(a) the number of prisoners currently accommodated
in each type of alternative sleeping arrangement—for example,
mattresses on the floor, non-standard beds, temporary overflow areas; and
(b) the type of arrangement used.
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member
for some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to
me by the Minister for Corrective Services. The Department of Justice advises
the following.
(1) As at 28 May, nil juveniles are accommodated
in alternative sleeping arrangements at Banksia Hill or unit 18. The below
table captures the adult estate accommodated in alternative sleeping
arrangements as at 28 May. Nil adults are accommodated in alternative sleeping
arrangements at work camps. That part of the question is in tabular form and I
seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
Male
Acacia
Albany
Broome
Bunbury
Casuarina
EGRP
Greenough
Hakea
Karnet
Roebourne
WKRP
28/05/2025
10
31
14
34
53
13
23
99
1
25
38
Female
Bandyup
EGRP
Greenough
Melaleuca
Roebourne
28/05/2025
15
5
2
7
3
(2) (a) As at 28 May 2025, 373 prisoners were utilising
alternative sleeping arrangements.
(b) The alternative
sleeping arrangement being used is a mattress on the floor.
for some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to
me by the Minister for Corrective Services. The Department of Justice advises
the following.
(1) As at 28 May, nil juveniles are accommodated
in alternative sleeping arrangements at Banksia Hill or unit 18. The below
table captures the adult estate accommodated in alternative sleeping
arrangements as at 28 May. Nil adults are accommodated in alternative sleeping
arrangements at work camps. That part of the question is in tabular form and I
seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
Male
Acacia
Albany
Broome
Bunbury
Casuarina
EGRP
Greenough
Hakea
Karnet
Roebourne
WKRP
28/05/2025
10
31
14
34
53
13
23
99
1
25
38
Female
Bandyup
EGRP
Greenough
Melaleuca
Roebourne
28/05/2025
15
5
2
7
3
(2) (a) As at 28 May 2025, 373 prisoners were utilising
alternative sleeping arrangements.
(b) The alternative
sleeping arrangement being used is a mattress on the floor.
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