❓ Question on Notice regarding the early release of Terrence Bice, convicted of a violent crime against his daughter, and the adequacy of rehabilitation programs for violent offenders. The Minister rejects the premise of being soft on crime and states the release was a decision of the Prisoners Review Board.
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TERRENCE BICE — EARLY PAROLE 58. Mr R.F. JOHNSON to the Minister for Corrective Services: I refer to the government’s “soft on crime” approach and the early release from prison of 26-year-old Terrence Bice, who was convicted of throwing his two-year-old daughter, an act that resulted in her suffering irreversible brain damage. (1) Why did Bice not complete a rehabilitation program before being released back into the community? (2) What resources are in place to ensure all prisoners who have committed seriously violent or sexual offences complete appropriate rehabilitation programs before they are released back into the community? (3) Will the minister table by the close of business today the number of people convicted of violent offences who have been released from prison in the past 12 months without undertaking appropriate rehabilitation programs? Ms M.M. QUIRK
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I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
TERRENCE BICE — EARLY PAROLE
I refer to the government’s “soft on crime” approach and the early release from prison of 26-year-old Terrence Bice, who was convicted of throwing his two-year-old daughter, an act that resulted in her suffering irreversible brain damage. (1) Why did Bice not complete a rehabilitation program before being released back into the community? (2) What resources are in place to ensure all prisoners who have committed seriously violent or sexual offences complete appropriate rehabilitation programs before they are released back into the community? (3) Will the minister table by the close of business today the number of people convicted of violent offences who have been released from prison in the past 12 months without undertaking appropriate rehabilitation programs? Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
(1) Why did Bice not complete a rehabilitation program before being released back into the community? (2) What resources are in place to ensure all prisoners who have committed seriously violent or sexual offences complete appropriate rehabilitation programs before they are released back into the community? (3) Will the minister table by the close of business today the number of people convicted of violent offences who have been released from prison in the past 12 months without undertaking appropriate rehabilitation programs? Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
(2) What resources are in place to ensure all prisoners who have committed seriously violent or sexual offences complete appropriate rehabilitation programs before they are released back into the community? (3) Will the minister table by the close of business today the number of people convicted of violent offences who have been released from prison in the past 12 months without undertaking appropriate rehabilitation programs? Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
(3) Will the minister table by the close of business today the number of people convicted of violent offences who have been released from prison in the past 12 months without undertaking appropriate rehabilitation programs? Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
(1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
TERRENCE BICE — EARLY PAROLE
I refer to the government’s “soft on crime” approach and the early release from prison of 26-year-old Terrence Bice, who was convicted of throwing his two-year-old daughter, an act that resulted in her suffering irreversible brain damage. (1) Why did Bice not complete a rehabilitation program before being released back into the community? (2) What resources are in place to ensure all prisoners who have committed seriously violent or sexual offences complete appropriate rehabilitation programs before they are released back into the community? (3) Will the minister table by the close of business today the number of people convicted of violent offences who have been released from prison in the past 12 months without undertaking appropriate rehabilitation programs? Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
(1) Why did Bice not complete a rehabilitation program before being released back into the community? (2) What resources are in place to ensure all prisoners who have committed seriously violent or sexual offences complete appropriate rehabilitation programs before they are released back into the community? (3) Will the minister table by the close of business today the number of people convicted of violent offences who have been released from prison in the past 12 months without undertaking appropriate rehabilitation programs? Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
(2) What resources are in place to ensure all prisoners who have committed seriously violent or sexual offences complete appropriate rehabilitation programs before they are released back into the community? (3) Will the minister table by the close of business today the number of people convicted of violent offences who have been released from prison in the past 12 months without undertaking appropriate rehabilitation programs? Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
(3) Will the minister table by the close of business today the number of people convicted of violent offences who have been released from prison in the past 12 months without undertaking appropriate rehabilitation programs? Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
I thank the member for the question. (1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
(1)-(3) I completely reject the underlying premise that the Carpenter Labor government is soft on crime. Our prison numbers are at an all-time high. The release of the prisoner in the case the member for Hillarys mentioned was subject to a decision by the Prisoners Review Board, which is not within my portfolio. However, having read the report on the matter yesterday, I have asked for some additional information. I understand that one of the conditions of the prisoner being released on parole was that he undertake certain programs in relation to his offending behaviour. Mr R.F. Johnson : That’s rubbish. You know he’s not going to do it. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know nothing of the sort.
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