❓ Mr. L'Estrange questions the Minister for Corrective Services on whether improved CCTV coverage in prisons could reduce riots and breakouts. The Minister dismisses the suggestion, stating CCTV only records events and doesn't prevent them.
AnsweredQoN 77Legislative Assembly
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PRISONS — CCTV
COVERAGE
77. Mr S.K. L'ESTRANGE to the Minister for
Corrective Services:
I
have a supplementary question. In the interest of community safety, can the
minister confirm that riots and breakouts could be reduced if prisons
had proper CCTV coverage of their prisoners?
COVERAGE
77. Mr S.K. L'ESTRANGE to the Minister for
Corrective Services:
I
have a supplementary question. In the interest of community safety, can the
minister confirm that riots and breakouts could be reduced if prisons
had proper CCTV coverage of their prisoners?
AnswerView source ↗
CCTV
certainly does not go to stopping incidents within prisons. What does CCTV do
in the general public? It records what has happened in the past. It does not
prevent things from happening; it simply records information that can then be used to either bring a criminal case
against someone who has done something wrong or rectify something , and
that is exactly what would happen in a prison as well. I really cannot see what
the member is driving at.
Mr S.K. L'Estrange :
They monitor the CCTV while it's playing.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I cannot see
what the member is driving at. It certainly would not help to address those
issues that the member believes it could.
certainly does not go to stopping incidents within prisons. What does CCTV do
in the general public? It records what has happened in the past. It does not
prevent things from happening; it simply records information that can then be used to either bring a criminal case
against someone who has done something wrong or rectify something , and
that is exactly what would happen in a prison as well. I really cannot see what
the member is driving at.
Mr S.K. L'Estrange :
They monitor the CCTV while it's playing.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I cannot see
what the member is driving at. It certainly would not help to address those
issues that the member believes it could.
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