❓ This parliamentary question seeks information on the planning, location, cost, and capacity of a proposed minimum security facility for women in Western Australia. The answer provides an update on the project's progress and initial details.
AnsweredQoN 1209Legislative Assembly
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(1) What is the status of planning for a minimum security facility for women?
(2) Where will this facility be built?
(3) What is the anticipated cost and completion date?
(4) How many women will be accommodated?
(2) Where will this facility be built?
(3) What is the anticipated cost and completion date?
(4) How many women will be accommodated?
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Answered
27 November 2001
Responded by
Minister for Justice and Legal Affairs
Response time
21 days
(1) A Departmental Project Control Group has been formed and is in the early briefing stage.
(2) At the site of the existing Nyandi Prison for women, in Bentley and expanding into the adjacent disused Longmore detention centre site.
(3) The budget allocation is $12.2 million for initial development. A completion date is yet to be confirmed.
(4) It is estimated that at the completion of all stages, the prison will house 150 women.
(2) At the site of the existing Nyandi Prison for women, in Bentley and expanding into the adjacent disused Longmore detention centre site.
(3) The budget allocation is $12.2 million for initial development. A completion date is yet to be confirmed.
(4) It is estimated that at the completion of all stages, the prison will house 150 women.
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