❓ A parliamentary question seeks information on prison industry programs in Western Australia, including prisoner involvement, income generated, and prisoner wages. The answer provides data on prisoner employment, revenue, and wage scales.
AnsweredQoN 1213Legislative Assembly
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(1) What are the current prison industry programmes in place in Western Australian prisons?
(2) How many prisoners are involved in these programmes?
(3) What is the amount of income derived from these programmes?
(4) How much of the income referred to in (3) above, is retained by the State?
(5) How much money are prisoners paid for their work in these programmes?
(2) How many prisoners are involved in these programmes?
(3) What is the amount of income derived from these programmes?
(4) How much of the income referred to in (3) above, is retained by the State?
(5) How much money are prisoners paid for their work in these programmes?
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Answered
27 November 2001
Responded by
Minister for Justice and Legal Affairs
Response time
21 days
2. For the last working day of September 2001, 2252 prisoners were employed out of 2604 eligible for work. [The Prison Performance Measurement System data.] 3. The revenue from external sales for the 2000/01 financial year was $1,667,000 but no account is made of production used internally. 4. The revenue is used to offset the cost of materials and providing the work programmes. 5. There are five levels of payments for prisoners participating in work, education or treatment programmes. The total paid to prisoners for the 2000/01 financial year was reported as $4,312,000. The daily rates are: Level 1 $6.60 per day Level 2 $5.06 per day Level 3 $3.96 per day Level 4 $2.82 per day Level 5 $2.09 per day
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