❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding prisoner numbers, cell sharing, staffing levels, and reported assaults at Bunbury Regional Prison between 2012 and 2014.
AnsweredQoN 1842Legislative Council
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I refer to the Bunbury Regional Prison, and I ask: (a) as at 1 October 2012, 2013 and 2014, how many prisoners were detained at Bunbury Regional Prison; (b) for each year in (a), how many of these prisoners shared a cell; (c) as at 1 October 2012, 2013 and 2014, how many prison officer positions were vacant; (d) how many prison officer positions are currently vacant; (e) in relation to each vacant position in (c) and (d), how long were the positions vacant; and (f) in each 2012, 2013 and 2014, how many assaults have been reported: (i) on a prisoner by another prisoner; (ii) on a prisoner by a prison officer; and (iii) on a prison officer by a prisoner?
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Answered
17 February 2015
Responded by
Attorney General representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
118 days
(a)
Date
Number of prisoners
01/10/2012
312
01/10/2013
323
01/10/2014
300
(b)
Date
Number of prisoners in a shared cell
01/10/2012
190
01/10/2013
202
01/10/2014
152
(c)
Date
Number of vacant prison officer positions
01/10/2012
0
01/10/2013
0
01/10/2014
3
(d)
Date
Number of vacant prison officer positions
31/10/2014
4
(e)
Date
Number of vacant
prison officer positions
Length of vacancies
01/10/2012
0
Not applicable
01/10/2013
0
Not applicable
01/10/2014
3
3 months
31/10/2014
4
4 months
(f)
i.
Calendar year
Number of assaults
2012
13
2013
17
2014
19
ii. Figures provided are reported assaults. These reports are allegations only, and upon investigation (either internal or external), may be found to be unsubstantiated, or may not actually constitute an assault even if substantiated (e.g. a lawful application of force).
Calendar year
Number of assaults
2012
1
2013
0
2014
2
iii.
Calendar year
Number of assaults
2012
2
2013
5
2014
12
Date
Number of prisoners
01/10/2012
312
01/10/2013
323
01/10/2014
300
(b)
Date
Number of prisoners in a shared cell
01/10/2012
190
01/10/2013
202
01/10/2014
152
(c)
Date
Number of vacant prison officer positions
01/10/2012
0
01/10/2013
0
01/10/2014
3
(d)
Date
Number of vacant prison officer positions
31/10/2014
4
(e)
Date
Number of vacant
prison officer positions
Length of vacancies
01/10/2012
0
Not applicable
01/10/2013
0
Not applicable
01/10/2014
3
3 months
31/10/2014
4
4 months
(f)
i.
Calendar year
Number of assaults
2012
13
2013
17
2014
19
ii. Figures provided are reported assaults. These reports are allegations only, and upon investigation (either internal or external), may be found to be unsubstantiated, or may not actually constitute an assault even if substantiated (e.g. a lawful application of force).
Calendar year
Number of assaults
2012
1
2013
0
2014
2
iii.
Calendar year
Number of assaults
2012
2
2013
5
2014
12
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