Question on Notice regarding the number of adult individuals entering and re-entering the WA prison system between 2013 and 2015. The answer provides data based on financial years.

AnsweredQoN 3970Legislative Council
Asked
24 March 2016
Portfolio
Corrective Services

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For each of the calendar years 2013, 2014 and 2015, I ask: (a) what is the total number of adult individuals that entered the Western Australian prison system; and (b) what is the total number of those adult individuals that had previously been incarcerated in a Western Australian prison?

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Answered
18 May 2016
Responded by
Attorney General representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
55 days
The Department of Corrective Services (the Department) reports its statistical data based on financial years. The Department advises:
(a)
2012-13: 6 590
2013-14: 6 622
2014-15: 6 657
2015-16 (to 31 December 2015): 3 915
(b)
2012-13: 4 493
2013-14: 4 551
2014-15: 4 573
2015-16 (to 31 December 2015): 2 776

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