❓ Mr Hort's question seeks detailed data on violence within WA custodial facilities, including prisoner and staff injuries, weapon usage, and resulting medical and compensation claims. The Minister declined to answer, citing unreasonable resource demands.
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(1) For each custodial facility, and for each of the financial years 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, and year-to-date 2025–26, how many recorded incidents of violence have occurred, broken down by: (a) prisoner-on-prisoner assaults; (b) prisoner-on-staff assaults; and (c) other violent incidents? (2) For each of the years and facilities in (1), how many of the incidents involved the use of weapons, including: (a) improvised weapons (e.g. handmade shanks, blades, or sharpened items); (b) smuggled or contraband weapons; and (c) use of facility equipment or furniture as a weapon? (3) For each facility, and for each of the financial years since 2021–22, how many staff members sustained injuries as a result of prisoner violence? (4) Of those listed in (3): (a) how many injuries required medical treatment; (b) how many resulted in workers’ compensation claims; and (c) how many resulted in time lost from work? (5) For each facility, and for each of the financial years since 2021–22, how many prisoners sustained injuries as a result of prisoner violence? (6) Of those listed in (5): (a) how many required hospitalisation outside the facility?
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16 October 2025
Responded by
Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
9 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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