Hon Norman Moore requests prisoner numbers for each WA prison and a breakdown by sentence type, including unsentenced prisoners, as of July 2004. The Minister provides a detailed response with specific figures for each facility and sentence category.

AnsweredQoN 2372Legislative Council
Asked
27 August 2004
Portfolio
Justice

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I refer the Minister to the ‘Thursday census of state prisoners’ for July 2004, and ask the Minister to provide the following information -
(1) Prisoner numbers for each prison?
(2) Number of prisoners in each prison by type of sentence including unsentenced prisoners?

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Answered
21 October 2004
Responded by
Minister for Housing and Works representing the Minister for Justice
Response time
55 days
Facility Number of Prisoners Acacia 724 Albany 139 Bandyup 155 Boronia 49 Broome 131 Bunbury 170 Casuarina 399 Eastern Goldfields 97 Greenough 171 Hakea 620 Karnet 157 Roebourne 152 Wooroloo 199 TOTAL 3163 (2) The Department of Justice advise: Facility Sentence Type Life GP Finite Parole Fine Default Only Fine Def with Remand Juvenile Detention Unsentenced Total Acacia 40 5 64 603 7 4 0 1 724 Albany 35 4 9 80 0 0 0 11 139 Bandyup 14 0 20 65 1 2 0 53 155 Boronia 0 0 10 34 5 0 0 0 49 Broome 0 0 50 41 11 5 0 24 131 Bunbury 16 3 13 120 4 1 0 13 170 Casuarina 49 14 28 287 1 0 0 20 399 Eastern Goldfields 0 1 35 42 6 0 0 13 97 Greenough 2 2 22 117 8 2 1 17 171 Hakea 9 2 36 219 14 1 0 339 620 Karnet 1 1 8 147 0 0 0 0 157 Roebourne 3 2 23 98 3 2 0 21 152 Wooroloo 4 0 31 153 10 1 0 0 199 TOTAL 173 34 349 2006 70 18 1 512 3163 Note: Sentence Type is based on the sentence type of the most serious offence. Juvenile Detention refers to a person who has been transferred from a juvenile facility to an adult facility after turning 18 years of age.
(2) The Department of Justice advise: Facility Sentence Type Life GP Finite Parole Fine Default Only Fine Def with Remand Juvenile Detention Unsentenced Total Acacia 40 5 64 603 7 4 0 1 724 Albany 35 4 9 80 0 0 0 11 139 Bandyup 14 0 20 65 1 2 0 53 155 Boronia 0 0 10 34 5 0 0 0 49 Broome 0 0 50 41 11 5 0 24 131 Bunbury 16 3 13 120 4 1 0 13 170 Casuarina 49 14 28 287 1 0 0 20 399 Eastern Goldfields 0 1 35 42 6 0 0 13 97 Greenough 2 2 22 117 8 2 1 17 171 Hakea 9 2 36 219 14 1 0 339 620 Karnet 1 1 8 147 0 0 0 0 157 Roebourne 3 2 23 98 3 2 0 21 152 Wooroloo 4 0 31 153 10 1 0 0 199 TOTAL 173 34 349 2006 70 18 1 512 3163 Note: Sentence Type is based on the sentence type of the most serious offence. Juvenile Detention refers to a person who has been transferred from a juvenile facility to an adult facility after turning 18 years of age.
Facility Sentence Type Life GP Finite Parole Fine Default Only Fine Def with Remand Juvenile Detention Unsentenced Total Acacia 40 5 64 603 7 4 0 1 724 Albany 35 4 9 80 0 0 0 11 139 Bandyup 14 0 20 65 1 2 0 53 155 Boronia 0 0 10 34 5 0 0 0 49 Broome 0 0 50 41 11 5 0 24 131 Bunbury 16 3 13 120 4 1 0 13 170 Casuarina 49 14 28 287 1 0 0 20 399 Eastern Goldfields 0 1 35 42 6 0 0 13 97 Greenough 2 2 22 117 8 2 1 17 171 Hakea 9 2 36 219 14 1 0 339 620 Karnet 1 1 8 147 0 0 0 0 157 Roebourne 3 2 23 98 3 2 0 21 152 Wooroloo 4 0 31 153 10 1 0 0 199 TOTAL 173 34 349 2006 70 18 1 512 3163 Note: Sentence Type is based on the sentence type of the most serious offence. Juvenile Detention refers to a person who has been transferred from a juvenile facility to an adult facility after turning 18 years of age.
Note: Sentence Type is based on the sentence type of the most serious offence. Juvenile Detention refers to a person who has been transferred from a juvenile facility to an adult facility after turning 18 years of age.
Juvenile Detention refers to a person who has been transferred from a juvenile facility to an adult facility after turning 18 years of age.

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