Hon Alanna Clohesy asks about the number of prisoner beds and prisoners held in minimum, medium, and maximum security facilities in WA. The Minister could only provide the number of prisoners currently held in each security level.

AnsweredQoN 362Legislative Council
Asked
6 August 2013
Portfolio
Corrective Services

QuestionView source ↗

PRISONS — BED NUMBERS
362. Hon ALANNA CLOHESY to the Attorney General representing
the Minister for Corrective Services:
(1) In Western
Australia, how many prisoner beds are currently located in —
(a) minimum
security facilities;
(b) medium
security facilities; and
(c) maximum
security facilities?
(2) In Western
Australia, how many prisoners are currently held in —
(a) minimum
security facilities;
(b) medium
security facilities; and
(c) maximum
security facilities?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of this question. The Minister for Corrective Services advises the
following.
(1) (a)–(c)
The information requested is unable to be provided in the limited time frame
available. I suggest the member place this part of the question on notice.
(2) As at 5
August 2013 —
(a) 880
(b) 1 143
(c) 2916.

Explore WA Government Data

Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.

Explore more