❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the management, costs, and demographics of detainees at Hakea Prison. The response details contracted services, funding arrangements, and the number of overseas and federal prisoners.
AnsweredQoN 6403Legislative Assembly
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(1) Does the Western Australian Government manage all activities and services run at Hakea prison/detention centre, and if not, what services are contracted out?
(2) For any contracted-out services, are the operators paid on a ‘per head’ basis for each detainee, or is it a fixed fee, and:
(a) if a fixed fee, what is that fee per annum per detainee; and
(b) if it is a ‘per head’ fee, what is that fee and how much does it equate to per annum for each detainee?
(3) How many overseas detainees are detained at Hakea and from what countries?
(4) How many detainees are Federal prisoners and how many are State prisoners?
(5) What revenue from the Commonwealth is received for detaining Federal detainees and what percentage of the actual costs of incarcerating each detainee is not covered by the Commonwealth?
(6) What are the extra costs incurred in detaining overseas-origin detainees?
(7) For State Government run services at Hakea Prison, how much per detainee per annum does it cost the State?
(2) For any contracted-out services, are the operators paid on a ‘per head’ basis for each detainee, or is it a fixed fee, and:
(a) if a fixed fee, what is that fee per annum per detainee; and
(b) if it is a ‘per head’ fee, what is that fee and how much does it equate to per annum for each detainee?
(3) How many overseas detainees are detained at Hakea and from what countries?
(4) How many detainees are Federal prisoners and how many are State prisoners?
(5) What revenue from the Commonwealth is received for detaining Federal detainees and what percentage of the actual costs of incarcerating each detainee is not covered by the Commonwealth?
(6) What are the extra costs incurred in detaining overseas-origin detainees?
(7) For State Government run services at Hakea Prison, how much per detainee per annum does it cost the State?
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Answered
22 November 2011
Responded by
Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
33 days
(1) The Department of Corrective Services manages and operates the majority of services at Hakea Prison. However, there are several programs that are contracted out to non Government organisations. These include:
Department of Corrective Services contracted services
Life Skills: Re-entry program with modules covering money management, accommodation, employability and healthy lifestyles.
Remand Services: This service provides assistance to prisoners to help them to resolve personal issues related to imprisonment up to two weeks from intake into prison.
Re-entry Services: Case management service providing prisoners with advocacy and referral services six months pre-release and up to 12 months post release.
Kids Connect: This service consists of individual parenting support, advocacy, parenting education and family support service to children and families in the community.
Hakea specific contract
Brief Intervention Services: This service delivers a comprehensive drug and alcohol information package to prisoners.
Funded by other sources
Stay Connected: This program assists prisoners in keeping their jobs whilst on remand.
Family Relationships Australia: This is an initiative to strengthen family relationships and provide information and referral to other support services.
Dad's Lifeline: Provides counselling, group work, information and advocacy for the vulnerable groups of separated fathers and their children.
Drug and Alcohol Through-care Service: Drug and Alcohol Through-care Service adopts a case-management approach that provides counselling and support to prisoners who volunteer to engage in the service. This service is provided to prisoners three months pre-release with post release support.
Men's Healing Program: The program focuses on Aboriginal men imprisoned, and within three to six months of release from prison into the metropolitan area. The program provides through-care and aims to remain engaged with the clients for up to six months post release. The program addresses the cause and consequences of alcohol and drug related problems experienced by these prisoners, and where appropriate, their families and significant others.
Companion Animal Service Employment Centre:
This program aims to improve the chances of prisoners to gain meaningful employment through a community service work site embedded in the prison confines. Prisoners with a through-care advocate are mentored and supported through a six week program of caring for, managing, training and assessing ex-racing greyhounds. The program will focus on the development of employability skills in a real work setting to facilitate employment outcomes on release.
(2) The operators of these services are paid a fixed fee.
(a) The Department provides $2 332 398 of annual funding for the following programs:
· Life Skills
· Remand Service
· Re-entry Service
This is for all metropolitan male prisons and cannot be broken down by prison.
The Department provides $120 388 annually for the 'Kids Connect' program. Brief intervention services receives $130 000 annually from the Hakea Prison budget.
In regards to the services funded by other sources, these are funded by grants and other funding provided directly to the non Government organisations.
(b) Not applicable.
(3) As at 31 October 2011, there are 89 overseas detainees located at Hakea. [See tabled paper no.]
(4) As at 31 October 2011, there are 21 Federal prisoners and 746 State prisoners located at Hakea.
(5) The Department does not recoup any costs from the Commonwealth for detaining Federal prisoners. However, it should be noted that there is an existing agreement with the Commonwealth to recoup costs for any prisoners incarcerated in Western Australia from the Indian Ocean Territories (i.e. Christmas and Cocos Islands).
(6) Other than incidental expenses such as interpreter services, extra costs are not incurred imprisoning overseas-origin prisoners.
(7) The cost per day of keeping an offender in custody was reported as $291.51 in the Department of Corrective Services' 2010-11 Annual Report.
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Department of Corrective Services contracted services
Life Skills: Re-entry program with modules covering money management, accommodation, employability and healthy lifestyles.
Remand Services: This service provides assistance to prisoners to help them to resolve personal issues related to imprisonment up to two weeks from intake into prison.
Re-entry Services: Case management service providing prisoners with advocacy and referral services six months pre-release and up to 12 months post release.
Kids Connect: This service consists of individual parenting support, advocacy, parenting education and family support service to children and families in the community.
Hakea specific contract
Brief Intervention Services: This service delivers a comprehensive drug and alcohol information package to prisoners.
Funded by other sources
Stay Connected: This program assists prisoners in keeping their jobs whilst on remand.
Family Relationships Australia: This is an initiative to strengthen family relationships and provide information and referral to other support services.
Dad's Lifeline: Provides counselling, group work, information and advocacy for the vulnerable groups of separated fathers and their children.
Drug and Alcohol Through-care Service: Drug and Alcohol Through-care Service adopts a case-management approach that provides counselling and support to prisoners who volunteer to engage in the service. This service is provided to prisoners three months pre-release with post release support.
Men's Healing Program: The program focuses on Aboriginal men imprisoned, and within three to six months of release from prison into the metropolitan area. The program provides through-care and aims to remain engaged with the clients for up to six months post release. The program addresses the cause and consequences of alcohol and drug related problems experienced by these prisoners, and where appropriate, their families and significant others.
Companion Animal Service Employment Centre:
This program aims to improve the chances of prisoners to gain meaningful employment through a community service work site embedded in the prison confines. Prisoners with a through-care advocate are mentored and supported through a six week program of caring for, managing, training and assessing ex-racing greyhounds. The program will focus on the development of employability skills in a real work setting to facilitate employment outcomes on release.
(2) The operators of these services are paid a fixed fee.
(a) The Department provides $2 332 398 of annual funding for the following programs:
· Life Skills
· Remand Service
· Re-entry Service
This is for all metropolitan male prisons and cannot be broken down by prison.
The Department provides $120 388 annually for the 'Kids Connect' program. Brief intervention services receives $130 000 annually from the Hakea Prison budget.
In regards to the services funded by other sources, these are funded by grants and other funding provided directly to the non Government organisations.
(b) Not applicable.
(3) As at 31 October 2011, there are 89 overseas detainees located at Hakea. [See tabled paper no.]
(4) As at 31 October 2011, there are 21 Federal prisoners and 746 State prisoners located at Hakea.
(5) The Department does not recoup any costs from the Commonwealth for detaining Federal prisoners. However, it should be noted that there is an existing agreement with the Commonwealth to recoup costs for any prisoners incarcerated in Western Australia from the Indian Ocean Territories (i.e. Christmas and Cocos Islands).
(6) Other than incidental expenses such as interpreter services, extra costs are not incurred imprisoning overseas-origin prisoners.
(7) The cost per day of keeping an offender in custody was reported as $291.51 in the Department of Corrective Services' 2010-11 Annual Report.
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