❓ Mr. Kirkup questions the Minister for Corrective Services about riots and prison breaks at Hakea Prison and what actions will be taken to address the issues. The Minister responds by outlining investments in new beds, prison officers, and video-link infrastructure.
AnsweredQoN 255Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
HAKEA PRISON —
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR OF CUSTODIAL SERVICES REPORT
255. Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP to the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I have a supplementary question. I remind
the minister that the question was on Hakea.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members! Member
for Perth.
Mr J.N. Carey : You're
a former senior adviser.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Perth, you are a former mayor but it does not have any grunt here. I call you
to order for the first time.
Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP : The
question was on Hakea. I ask again: how many riots and prison breaks will it
take before the minister takes responsibility for the protection of Western Australians
and what actions will he take to address the issues at Hakea Prison?
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR OF CUSTODIAL SERVICES REPORT
255. Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP to the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I have a supplementary question. I remind
the minister that the question was on Hakea.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members! Member
for Perth.
Mr J.N. Carey : You're
a former senior adviser.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Perth, you are a former mayor but it does not have any grunt here. I call you
to order for the first time.
Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP : The
question was on Hakea. I ask again: how many riots and prison breaks will it
take before the minister takes responsibility for the protection of Western Australians
and what actions will he take to address the issues at Hakea Prison?
AnswerView source ↗
I just told the member for
Dawesville. We have just put in —
Several members interjected.
Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Dawesville, do not answer the questions you ask all the time. I call you to
order for the first time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Just to
answer, once again, the member for Dawesville's question, and he fails
to acknowledge this: we are putting in place 900 new beds, which will help Hakea.
We are putting in place —
Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Dawesville, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are
employing 450 new prison officers. All the former government ever did was
freeze the prison officer numbers. We are putting into place 450 extra new
prison officers.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Burns
Beach!
Mr F.M. LOGAN : At Hakea, as
highlighted in this report, we put in $3 million to build a new video-link at
Hakea to speed up the processes between the prison and the court systems—something
that the Liberal–National government never touched over its whole eight
and a half years in government. If the member for Dawesville had ever gone to
Hakea and looked at that video-link, he would know it was a disgrace to justice
in Western Australia. Do not come in here and ask us what we are doing about
Hakea.
The SPEAKER : That is the end
of question time.
Dawesville. We have just put in —
Several members interjected.
Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Dawesville, do not answer the questions you ask all the time. I call you to
order for the first time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Just to
answer, once again, the member for Dawesville's question, and he fails
to acknowledge this: we are putting in place 900 new beds, which will help Hakea.
We are putting in place —
Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Dawesville, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are
employing 450 new prison officers. All the former government ever did was
freeze the prison officer numbers. We are putting into place 450 extra new
prison officers.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Burns
Beach!
Mr F.M. LOGAN : At Hakea, as
highlighted in this report, we put in $3 million to build a new video-link at
Hakea to speed up the processes between the prison and the court systems—something
that the Liberal–National government never touched over its whole eight
and a half years in government. If the member for Dawesville had ever gone to
Hakea and looked at that video-link, he would know it was a disgrace to justice
in Western Australia. Do not come in here and ask us what we are doing about
Hakea.
The SPEAKER : That is the end
of question time.
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