❓ A Western Australian parliamentary question on notice probes the Department of Justice regarding the trial of a Biometric Identification System (BIS) in prisons, questioning its effectiveness, justification, and potential impact on security.
AnsweredQoN 633Legislative Council
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Regarding the trial of the Biometric Identification System in prisons in Western Australia, I ask the Minister -
(1) Has the Department for Justice received independent research findings that attest to the effectiveness of the BIS in reducing drug trafficking and prison escapes?
(2) If no to (1), what source is the Department using to justify trialling this new system in Western Australia?
(3) Is there evidence to suggest that there has been an increase in prisoners using false identification escaping from maximum security prisons in Western Australia in recent years?
(4) If no to (4), what is the most common form of escape from maximum security prisons?
(5) How are prisoners without ID able to get through current security?
(6) Is there evidence to date to suggest that any Prison Visitors have entered into a maximum or medium security setting with false ID?
(7) If yes to (6), how many have done so and how were they known to be using false ID?
(8) How will the effectiveness of the BIS be measured?
(9) If the BIS does not perform as expected, will the Department continue its usage?
(10) What security measures will be taken to eliminate staff as a potential source of drugs to prisoners?
(1) Has the Department for Justice received independent research findings that attest to the effectiveness of the BIS in reducing drug trafficking and prison escapes?
(2) If no to (1), what source is the Department using to justify trialling this new system in Western Australia?
(3) Is there evidence to suggest that there has been an increase in prisoners using false identification escaping from maximum security prisons in Western Australia in recent years?
(4) If no to (4), what is the most common form of escape from maximum security prisons?
(5) How are prisoners without ID able to get through current security?
(6) Is there evidence to date to suggest that any Prison Visitors have entered into a maximum or medium security setting with false ID?
(7) If yes to (6), how many have done so and how were they known to be using false ID?
(8) How will the effectiveness of the BIS be measured?
(9) If the BIS does not perform as expected, will the Department continue its usage?
(10) What security measures will be taken to eliminate staff as a potential source of drugs to prisoners?
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Answered
6 May 2003
Responded by
Minister for Racing and Gaming representing the Minister for Justice and Legal Affairs
Response time
34 days
(2) The trend, and considered “Best Practice”, within other Australian and overseas jurisdictions (such as H. M. Prison Lowdham Grange in the U.K.) is to adopt Biometrics as a means to satisfy the demand for fast and accurate, user friendly identification and authentication with a high level of accuracy. In an age where many daily operational functions within prisons are performed electronically, a BIS will compliment and improve current and proposed processes as they relate to the movement of all persons seeking to enter or exit prisons. (3) No. (4) In the last three years there have been 5 prisoners escape from maximum-security prisons. One prisoner escaped by concealing himself inside a truck exiting the prison, and the three others escaped in the one incident, by driving a vehicle through the perimeter fence. The most recent escape was as a result of a motor vehicle breaching an external fence allowing one prisoner to escape. (5) Prisoners are potentially able to move between secure areas of the prison by using another prisoners ID card or distracting staff from their duties. However no prisoner has escaped through the use of false ID, from a prison in this State. (6) Yes, there have been 7 confirmed cases of visitors entering maximum-security prisons using false ID, in recent years. (7) Approximately 15 visitors per week are found to give false personal information/identification when booking a visit. This misrepresentation is found by staff when security-clearing visitors prior to entry into the prison. Upon arrival at the prison, security and gate staff check the visitors’ identification against that which was offered by the visitor when booking the visit. However, where a person ‘assumes’ the identity of a visitor who has previously visited the prison and completed a statutory declaration, there is no satisfactory system currently in place to determine if the person is actually who they represent themselves to be. (8) Performance measurement indicators will be determined during the trialling and evaluation process. Any BIS considered by the Department shall be subject to a “technological”, a “scenario”, and an “operational” evaluation. (9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(3) No. (4) In the last three years there have been 5 prisoners escape from maximum-security prisons. One prisoner escaped by concealing himself inside a truck exiting the prison, and the three others escaped in the one incident, by driving a vehicle through the perimeter fence. The most recent escape was as a result of a motor vehicle breaching an external fence allowing one prisoner to escape. (5) Prisoners are potentially able to move between secure areas of the prison by using another prisoners ID card or distracting staff from their duties. However no prisoner has escaped through the use of false ID, from a prison in this State. (6) Yes, there have been 7 confirmed cases of visitors entering maximum-security prisons using false ID, in recent years. (7) Approximately 15 visitors per week are found to give false personal information/identification when booking a visit. This misrepresentation is found by staff when security-clearing visitors prior to entry into the prison. Upon arrival at the prison, security and gate staff check the visitors’ identification against that which was offered by the visitor when booking the visit. However, where a person ‘assumes’ the identity of a visitor who has previously visited the prison and completed a statutory declaration, there is no satisfactory system currently in place to determine if the person is actually who they represent themselves to be. (8) Performance measurement indicators will be determined during the trialling and evaluation process. Any BIS considered by the Department shall be subject to a “technological”, a “scenario”, and an “operational” evaluation. (9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(4) In the last three years there have been 5 prisoners escape from maximum-security prisons. One prisoner escaped by concealing himself inside a truck exiting the prison, and the three others escaped in the one incident, by driving a vehicle through the perimeter fence. The most recent escape was as a result of a motor vehicle breaching an external fence allowing one prisoner to escape. (5) Prisoners are potentially able to move between secure areas of the prison by using another prisoners ID card or distracting staff from their duties. However no prisoner has escaped through the use of false ID, from a prison in this State. (6) Yes, there have been 7 confirmed cases of visitors entering maximum-security prisons using false ID, in recent years. (7) Approximately 15 visitors per week are found to give false personal information/identification when booking a visit. This misrepresentation is found by staff when security-clearing visitors prior to entry into the prison. Upon arrival at the prison, security and gate staff check the visitors’ identification against that which was offered by the visitor when booking the visit. However, where a person ‘assumes’ the identity of a visitor who has previously visited the prison and completed a statutory declaration, there is no satisfactory system currently in place to determine if the person is actually who they represent themselves to be. (8) Performance measurement indicators will be determined during the trialling and evaluation process. Any BIS considered by the Department shall be subject to a “technological”, a “scenario”, and an “operational” evaluation. (9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(5) Prisoners are potentially able to move between secure areas of the prison by using another prisoners ID card or distracting staff from their duties. However no prisoner has escaped through the use of false ID, from a prison in this State. (6) Yes, there have been 7 confirmed cases of visitors entering maximum-security prisons using false ID, in recent years. (7) Approximately 15 visitors per week are found to give false personal information/identification when booking a visit. This misrepresentation is found by staff when security-clearing visitors prior to entry into the prison. Upon arrival at the prison, security and gate staff check the visitors’ identification against that which was offered by the visitor when booking the visit. However, where a person ‘assumes’ the identity of a visitor who has previously visited the prison and completed a statutory declaration, there is no satisfactory system currently in place to determine if the person is actually who they represent themselves to be. (8) Performance measurement indicators will be determined during the trialling and evaluation process. Any BIS considered by the Department shall be subject to a “technological”, a “scenario”, and an “operational” evaluation. (9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(6) Yes, there have been 7 confirmed cases of visitors entering maximum-security prisons using false ID, in recent years. (7) Approximately 15 visitors per week are found to give false personal information/identification when booking a visit. This misrepresentation is found by staff when security-clearing visitors prior to entry into the prison. Upon arrival at the prison, security and gate staff check the visitors’ identification against that which was offered by the visitor when booking the visit. However, where a person ‘assumes’ the identity of a visitor who has previously visited the prison and completed a statutory declaration, there is no satisfactory system currently in place to determine if the person is actually who they represent themselves to be. (8) Performance measurement indicators will be determined during the trialling and evaluation process. Any BIS considered by the Department shall be subject to a “technological”, a “scenario”, and an “operational” evaluation. (9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(7) Approximately 15 visitors per week are found to give false personal information/identification when booking a visit. This misrepresentation is found by staff when security-clearing visitors prior to entry into the prison. Upon arrival at the prison, security and gate staff check the visitors’ identification against that which was offered by the visitor when booking the visit. However, where a person ‘assumes’ the identity of a visitor who has previously visited the prison and completed a statutory declaration, there is no satisfactory system currently in place to determine if the person is actually who they represent themselves to be. (8) Performance measurement indicators will be determined during the trialling and evaluation process. Any BIS considered by the Department shall be subject to a “technological”, a “scenario”, and an “operational” evaluation. (9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(8) Performance measurement indicators will be determined during the trialling and evaluation process. Any BIS considered by the Department shall be subject to a “technological”, a “scenario”, and an “operational” evaluation. (9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
· the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(3) No. (4) In the last three years there have been 5 prisoners escape from maximum-security prisons. One prisoner escaped by concealing himself inside a truck exiting the prison, and the three others escaped in the one incident, by driving a vehicle through the perimeter fence. The most recent escape was as a result of a motor vehicle breaching an external fence allowing one prisoner to escape. (5) Prisoners are potentially able to move between secure areas of the prison by using another prisoners ID card or distracting staff from their duties. However no prisoner has escaped through the use of false ID, from a prison in this State. (6) Yes, there have been 7 confirmed cases of visitors entering maximum-security prisons using false ID, in recent years. (7) Approximately 15 visitors per week are found to give false personal information/identification when booking a visit. This misrepresentation is found by staff when security-clearing visitors prior to entry into the prison. Upon arrival at the prison, security and gate staff check the visitors’ identification against that which was offered by the visitor when booking the visit. However, where a person ‘assumes’ the identity of a visitor who has previously visited the prison and completed a statutory declaration, there is no satisfactory system currently in place to determine if the person is actually who they represent themselves to be. (8) Performance measurement indicators will be determined during the trialling and evaluation process. Any BIS considered by the Department shall be subject to a “technological”, a “scenario”, and an “operational” evaluation. (9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(4) In the last three years there have been 5 prisoners escape from maximum-security prisons. One prisoner escaped by concealing himself inside a truck exiting the prison, and the three others escaped in the one incident, by driving a vehicle through the perimeter fence. The most recent escape was as a result of a motor vehicle breaching an external fence allowing one prisoner to escape. (5) Prisoners are potentially able to move between secure areas of the prison by using another prisoners ID card or distracting staff from their duties. However no prisoner has escaped through the use of false ID, from a prison in this State. (6) Yes, there have been 7 confirmed cases of visitors entering maximum-security prisons using false ID, in recent years. (7) Approximately 15 visitors per week are found to give false personal information/identification when booking a visit. This misrepresentation is found by staff when security-clearing visitors prior to entry into the prison. Upon arrival at the prison, security and gate staff check the visitors’ identification against that which was offered by the visitor when booking the visit. However, where a person ‘assumes’ the identity of a visitor who has previously visited the prison and completed a statutory declaration, there is no satisfactory system currently in place to determine if the person is actually who they represent themselves to be. (8) Performance measurement indicators will be determined during the trialling and evaluation process. Any BIS considered by the Department shall be subject to a “technological”, a “scenario”, and an “operational” evaluation. (9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(5) Prisoners are potentially able to move between secure areas of the prison by using another prisoners ID card or distracting staff from their duties. However no prisoner has escaped through the use of false ID, from a prison in this State. (6) Yes, there have been 7 confirmed cases of visitors entering maximum-security prisons using false ID, in recent years. (7) Approximately 15 visitors per week are found to give false personal information/identification when booking a visit. This misrepresentation is found by staff when security-clearing visitors prior to entry into the prison. Upon arrival at the prison, security and gate staff check the visitors’ identification against that which was offered by the visitor when booking the visit. However, where a person ‘assumes’ the identity of a visitor who has previously visited the prison and completed a statutory declaration, there is no satisfactory system currently in place to determine if the person is actually who they represent themselves to be. (8) Performance measurement indicators will be determined during the trialling and evaluation process. Any BIS considered by the Department shall be subject to a “technological”, a “scenario”, and an “operational” evaluation. (9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(6) Yes, there have been 7 confirmed cases of visitors entering maximum-security prisons using false ID, in recent years. (7) Approximately 15 visitors per week are found to give false personal information/identification when booking a visit. This misrepresentation is found by staff when security-clearing visitors prior to entry into the prison. Upon arrival at the prison, security and gate staff check the visitors’ identification against that which was offered by the visitor when booking the visit. However, where a person ‘assumes’ the identity of a visitor who has previously visited the prison and completed a statutory declaration, there is no satisfactory system currently in place to determine if the person is actually who they represent themselves to be. (8) Performance measurement indicators will be determined during the trialling and evaluation process. Any BIS considered by the Department shall be subject to a “technological”, a “scenario”, and an “operational” evaluation. (9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(7) Approximately 15 visitors per week are found to give false personal information/identification when booking a visit. This misrepresentation is found by staff when security-clearing visitors prior to entry into the prison. Upon arrival at the prison, security and gate staff check the visitors’ identification against that which was offered by the visitor when booking the visit. However, where a person ‘assumes’ the identity of a visitor who has previously visited the prison and completed a statutory declaration, there is no satisfactory system currently in place to determine if the person is actually who they represent themselves to be. (8) Performance measurement indicators will be determined during the trialling and evaluation process. Any BIS considered by the Department shall be subject to a “technological”, a “scenario”, and an “operational” evaluation. (9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(8) Performance measurement indicators will be determined during the trialling and evaluation process. Any BIS considered by the Department shall be subject to a “technological”, a “scenario”, and an “operational” evaluation. (9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(9) Any BIS that does not meet the requirements of the Department and its stakeholders during trialling and evaluation will not be introduced. (10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
(10) The Department has recently conducted a review of its current searching procedures. This has resulted in a number of recommendations being implemented at all maximum and medium security prisons. These include: · the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
· the banning of all mobile telephones from entering a prison; · restricting personal items to those required to carry out a persons duty or function; · introduction of clear plastic bags for the conveyance of authorised items, · applying searches universally, in an equitable manner to all persons regardless of reason for entry, rank, seniority or position. The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
The initiatives have not been implemented in minimum security prisons. The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
The Department has also allocated resources to purchase the latest technology in airport style x-ray machines, walk through metal and trace detection systems. These technologies are currently being evaluated for suitability within gatehouse operations. All persons entering a prison at which this technology is proposed to be installed, will be required to pass through the detection process.
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