❓ Question seeks data on imprisonment for fine default in WA during 2015, focusing on Aboriginal people, women, and those with diagnosed mental illnesses. The answer provides data for the 2014-15 financial year and states that mental health data is not linked to offence information.
AnsweredQoN 5160Legislative Assembly
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For calendar year 2015, I ask: (a) how many people were imprisoned for fine default alone; (b) of those, how many were Aboriginal; (c) how many were women; (d) how many were Aboriginal women; and (e) how many were being treated for a diagnosed mental illness at the time of incarceration,and: (i) of those, how many were Aboriginal; (ii) how many were women; and (iii) how many were Aboriginal women?
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Answered
10 May 2016
Responded by
Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
56 days
The Department of Corrective Services advises:
The Department of Corrective Services (the Department) reports its statistical data based on financial year. For the 2014-15 financial year:
(a) 603
(b) 247
(c) 151
(d) 94
(e) The Department advises that prisoner offence and sentence information is not linked to confidential medical information. The Department therefore cannot report on the number of prisoners incarcerated for a specific offence, who were being treated for a diagnosed mental illness at the time of their incarceration.
(e)(i)-(e)(iii) Not applicable.
The Department of Corrective Services (the Department) reports its statistical data based on financial year. For the 2014-15 financial year:
(a) 603
(b) 247
(c) 151
(d) 94
(e) The Department advises that prisoner offence and sentence information is not linked to confidential medical information. The Department therefore cannot report on the number of prisoners incarcerated for a specific offence, who were being treated for a diagnosed mental illness at the time of their incarceration.
(e)(i)-(e)(iii) Not applicable.
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