❓ Hon. Darren West asks about WA government contributions to the cost of detaining foreign national prisoners sentenced in WA at Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre. The Attorney General responds that the WA government does not contribute to these costs, as the centre is a federal responsibility.
AnsweredQoN 226Legislative Council
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YONGAH
HILL IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTRE
226. Hon DARREN WEST to the
Attorney General representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to media reports that over half of the detainees held
at Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre are foreign nationals who have
committed offences and been sentenced to incarceration within the Western
Australian judicial system.
(1) Is the
Western Australian government contributing to the cost of any of these Western
Australian judicial system prisoners at Yongah Hill; and, if so, for how many
prisoners?
(2) What is the cost per day of detaining an individual at
Yongah Hill?
(3) How much
of the cost in question (2) is the Western Australian government contributing
for each prisoner sentenced under the Western Australian judicial system?
(4) Do any
other states have prisoners who were sentenced in their jurisdictions
incarcerated at Yongah Hill?
HILL IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTRE
226. Hon DARREN WEST to the
Attorney General representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to media reports that over half of the detainees held
at Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre are foreign nationals who have
committed offences and been sentenced to incarceration within the Western
Australian judicial system.
(1) Is the
Western Australian government contributing to the cost of any of these Western
Australian judicial system prisoners at Yongah Hill; and, if so, for how many
prisoners?
(2) What is the cost per day of detaining an individual at
Yongah Hill?
(3) How much
of the cost in question (2) is the Western Australian government contributing
for each prisoner sentenced under the Western Australian judicial system?
(4) Do any
other states have prisoners who were sentenced in their jurisdictions
incarcerated at Yongah Hill?
AnswerView source ↗
On behalf of the Minister for Corrective Services, I thank
the honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(4)
The Department of Corrective Services does not contribute to the costs of
detainees held at Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre. The centre falls
under the responsibility of the Australian government.
the honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(4)
The Department of Corrective Services does not contribute to the costs of
detainees held at Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre. The centre falls
under the responsibility of the Australian government.
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