Hon Dr Brad Pettitt asks the Minister for Corrective Services about current inmate populations in WA adult prisons and the frequency of cell overcrowding (three or four prisoners per cell) during the current calendar month. An answer is deferred to the next sitting day.

AnsweredQoN 426Legislative Assembly
Asked
24 June 2025
Portfolio
Corrective Services

QuestionView source ↗

Corrective services—Prisoner numbers
426. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective
Services:
For each adult
prison in Western Australia, please advise the following.
(1) What is the current inmate population?
(2) How many times this calendar month has a cell
contained:
(a) three prisoners; or
(b) four prisoners?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the member
for some notice of the question. Was that C493, member?
Hon Dr Brad Pettitt: No. It is C193.
Hon Matthew Swinbourn: No. I think it is C493. We are
well past the one hundreds. My apologies, President.
An answer to this
question will be provided on the next sitting day.

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