❓ Question on Notice regarding prisoner numbers at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison (formerly Kalgoorlie/Boulder), specifically focusing on Indigenous prisoners and alcohol-related offences. The Department was unable to provide specific data on alcohol-related offences.
AnsweredQoN 5785Legislative Council
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(1) What is the number of prisoners currently held in the Kalgoorlie/Boulder Regional Prison?
(2) What is the number of these prisoners who identify themselves as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent?
(3) In relation to (2), how many are serving sentences for alcohol related offences?
(2) What is the number of these prisoners who identify themselves as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent?
(3) In relation to (2), how many are serving sentences for alcohol related offences?
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Answered
18 September 2012
Responded by
Minister for Education representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
35 days
(1) As at 14 August 2012, there were 101 prisoners in custody at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison (EGRP).
(2) As at 14 August 2012, there were 66 prisoners at EGRP who identified themselves as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.
(3) The Department of Corrective Services' (the Department's) information system records capture details of the offences (e.g. assault) but not the circumstances (e.g. under the influence of alcohol). As, such the Department is unable to provide figures on alcohol-related offending.
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(2) As at 14 August 2012, there were 66 prisoners at EGRP who identified themselves as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.
(3) The Department of Corrective Services' (the Department's) information system records capture details of the offences (e.g. assault) but not the circumstances (e.g. under the influence of alcohol). As, such the Department is unable to provide figures on alcohol-related offending.
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