Question regarding health screening, specifically bowel cancer screening, for prisoners aged 50 and over in Western Australian prisons, including numbers of sentenced and unsentenced prisoners in that age bracket.

AnsweredQoN 1056Legislative Council
Asked
20 March 2018
Portfolio
Corrective Services

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I refer to the provision
of health screening for older prisoners, and I ask: (a) how many prisoners 50 years and over, are currently in Western Australian prisons; (b) of the prisoners in (a), how many are: (i) sentenced; and (ii) unsentenced; (c) of the prisoners in (b)(i), how many are serving sentences of 12 months or longer; (d) are prisoners 50 years and over, provided access to bowel screening; (e) if yes to (d), how many prisoners were screened for bowel cancer in 2017; and (f) if no to (d), why not?

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Answered
8 May 2018
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
9 days
The Department of Justice advises:
(a) 816.
(b) (i) 678 sentenced prisoners.
(ii) 138 unsentenced prisoners.
(c) 632.
(d) Yes.
(e) 54.

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