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❓ Dr. Pettitt questions the Minister for Corrective Services regarding prison overcrowding, specifically the number of prisoners sleeping on mattresses on the floor and the extent of double-bunking on the floor. The Minister provides a breakdown by prison facility.

AnsweredQoN 564Legislative Assembly

Asked

19 August 2025

Member

Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

Portfolio

Corrective Services

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Prisons—Facilities
564. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the minister representing
the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to all adult
prisons in Western Australia at midnight on Monday 18 August 2025, or the most
recent date for which data is available.
(1) How many people were sleeping on a mattress on
the floor?
(2) Please provide a breakdown of (1), by prison
facility?
(3) For every answer in (1), how many of those
were in a cell where another person was also sleeping on a mattress on the
floor?

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I thank the member
for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me
by the Minister for Corrective Services.
(1) As at 18 August 2025, there were 182 prisoners
sleeping on a mattress on the floor.
The answer to (2) is
in tabular form, and I seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
Refer to the
below table.
Prison
Total
Acacia Prison
10
Albany
Regional Prison
40
Bandyup Women's
Prison
0
Boronia
Pre-Release Centre
0
Broome
Regional Prison
5
Bunbury
Regional Prison
26
Casuarina
Prison
19
Eastern
Goldfields Regional Prison
19
Greenough
Regional Prison
19
Hakea Prison
26
Karnet Prison
Farm
0
Melaleuca
Women's Prison
2
Pardelup
Prison Farm
6
Roebourne
Regional Prison
4
Wandoo
Rehabilitation Prison
0
West
Kimberley Regional Prison
6
Wooroloo
Prison Farm
0
(3) As at 18 August 2025, it was five prisoners at
Broome Regional Prison. It was a temporary measure to facilitate prisoner
attendance at courts or prison transfers.

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