Question regarding the daily cost of electronic monitoring for serious dangerous sex offenders in WA, and the total daily cost of managing such offenders in the community. The answer provides cost breakdowns for 2015-16.

AnsweredQoN 4317Legislative Council
Asked
23 August 2016
Portfolio
Corrective Services

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I refer to electronic monitoring of serious dangerous sex offenders, and I ask: (a) what is the cost per day, per offender; and (b) what is the cost of the monitoring per day, per offender?

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Answered
20 September 2016
Responded by
Attorney General representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
28 days
The Department of Corrective Services advises:
(a)   During 2015-16, the total maximum cost per day to manage a Dangerous Sexual Offender (DSO) in the community was $181 per offender.
(b)   Of the $181 total maximum cost per day to manage a DSO in the community, $56.60 per offender per day is estimated to be the cost of electronic monitoring.

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