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❓ Question seeks data on the number of men and women, including Aboriginal individuals, held on remand due to inability to pay surety on a specific date. The answer refers to another Question on Notice.

AnsweredQoN 2846Legislative Council

Asked

10 March 2015

Member

Hon Amber-Jade Sanderson

Portfolio

Corrective Services

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I refer to page 28 of the Inspector of Custodial Services Report of an Announced Inspection of Bandyup Prison and the fact that 28 percent of all women in prison and 31 percent of Aboriginal women in prison on 24 July 2014 were on remand, and I ask: (a) what number of women were in prison on 24 July 2014 on remand solely because of an inability to raise surety, expressed as both a raw figure and percentage of all women in prison on that day; (b) what number of Aboriginal women were in prison on 24 July 2014 on remand solely because of an inability to raise surety, expressed as both a raw figure and percentage of all women in prison on that day; (c) what number of men were in prison on 24 July 2014 on remand solely because of an inability to raise surety, expressed as both a raw figure and percentage of all women in prison on that day; and (d) what number of Aboriginal men were in prison on 24 July 2014 on remand solely because of an inability to raise surety, expressed as both a raw figure and percentage of all women in prison on that day?