❓ Mr. L'Estrange inquires about the Pathways program in WA prisons, including program delivery locations, completion rates, participation numbers, and future program schedules. The Minister provides detailed information on these aspects.
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I refer to the Pathways program, and I ask: (a) Which prisons deliver the Pathways program; (b) Which prisons don't deliver the Pathways program and why don't they; (c) How many prisoners completed the Pathways program in 2018; (d) As at 1 August 2019: (i) How many prisoners are currently participating in a Pathways program; and (ii) How many prisoners are on the wait list for a Pathways program; (e) Since 1 January 2018, what is the percentage of prisoners (currently in prison) who have completed the Pathways program out of the total number of prisoners assessed to have entered prison with alcohol and other drug issues; (f) How many Pathways programs are scheduled for: (i) Quarter 3, 2019; and (ii) Quarter 4, 2019; and (g) Of these programs scheduled: (i) In which prison will they be delivered; and (ii) How many prisoners have been booked to participate?
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Answered
17 September 2019
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services; Corrective Services
Response time
12 days
(a) Acacia Prison, Casuarina Prison, Bunbury Regional Prison, Karnet Prison Farm, Bandyup Women’s Prison, Greenough Regional Prison, Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison, Wooroloo Prison Farm, Albany Regional Prison, Roebourne Regional Prison, West Kimberley Regional Prison, Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women.
(b) Broome Regional Prison, Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility and Hakea Prison as these are remand prisons. Being a criminogenic program Pathways it is not suitable to deliver to those who have not been convicted and sentenced. Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison operates under a different therapeutic model which does not involve Pathways. Pardelup Prison Farm as this is a working farm with the focus on 100 per cent employment for prisoners.
(c) 545.
(d) (i) 120 (as at 1 August 2019).
(d) (ii) 28 (as at 1 August 2019).
(e) The Department does not collate this data in the requested format and it would be an onerous and time consuming task for the data to be obtained manually. The Department can advise that as at 19 August 2019 there were 1169 prisoners in prison who had been assessed as requiring the Pathways program. Of these, 67 per cent had either completed a program (540) or were enrolled to/had commenced a program (240).
(f) (i) 12.
(ii) 10.
(g) (i) Acacia, Bunbury, Bandyup, Eastern Goldfields, Albany, Casuarina, Karnet, Greenough, Wooroloo.
(ii) There will be 220 places available, booking has commenced and is ongoing.
(b) Broome Regional Prison, Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility and Hakea Prison as these are remand prisons. Being a criminogenic program Pathways it is not suitable to deliver to those who have not been convicted and sentenced. Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison operates under a different therapeutic model which does not involve Pathways. Pardelup Prison Farm as this is a working farm with the focus on 100 per cent employment for prisoners.
(c) 545.
(d) (i) 120 (as at 1 August 2019).
(d) (ii) 28 (as at 1 August 2019).
(e) The Department does not collate this data in the requested format and it would be an onerous and time consuming task for the data to be obtained manually. The Department can advise that as at 19 August 2019 there were 1169 prisoners in prison who had been assessed as requiring the Pathways program. Of these, 67 per cent had either completed a program (540) or were enrolled to/had commenced a program (240).
(f) (i) 12.
(ii) 10.
(g) (i) Acacia, Bunbury, Bandyup, Eastern Goldfields, Albany, Casuarina, Karnet, Greenough, Wooroloo.
(ii) There will be 220 places available, booking has commenced and is ongoing.
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