❓ Hon Ken Baston questions the practice of sending juvenile offenders from the Kimberley region to custodial facilities outside the region, inquiring about the impact on rehabilitation and the availability of juvenile facilities in new or upgraded prisons. The response confirms the practice, denies improved rehabilitation chances, and states no juvenile facilities will be included due to the policy of not co-accommodating juvenile and adult offenders.
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JUVENILE OFFENDERS — CUSTODIAL FACILITIES IN KIMBERLEY REGION
I refer to juveniles from the Kimberley region who receive custodial sentences. (1) Can the minister confirm that such offenders serve their sentences outside the Kimberley? (2) Does the minister consider that the practice of sending juvenile offenders away from places close to their family greatly improves their chances of rehabilitation? (3) Will the new Derby prison and/or the upgraded Broome Regional Prison have facilities for juvenile offenders who receive custodial sentences; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
I refer to juveniles from the Kimberley region who receive custodial sentences. (1) Can the minister confirm that such offenders serve their sentences outside the Kimberley? (2) Does the minister consider that the practice of sending juvenile offenders away from places close to their family greatly improves their chances of rehabilitation? (3) Will the new Derby prison and/or the upgraded Broome Regional Prison have facilities for juvenile offenders who receive custodial sentences; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Employment Protection representing the Minister for Corrective Services, I provide the following response — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
(1) Can the minister confirm that such offenders serve their sentences outside the Kimberley? (2) Does the minister consider that the practice of sending juvenile offenders away from places close to their family greatly improves their chances of rehabilitation? (3) Will the new Derby prison and/or the upgraded Broome Regional Prison have facilities for juvenile offenders who receive custodial sentences; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Employment Protection representing the Minister for Corrective Services, I provide the following response — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
(2) Does the minister consider that the practice of sending juvenile offenders away from places close to their family greatly improves their chances of rehabilitation? (3) Will the new Derby prison and/or the upgraded Broome Regional Prison have facilities for juvenile offenders who receive custodial sentences; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Employment Protection representing the Minister for Corrective Services, I provide the following response — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
(3) Will the new Derby prison and/or the upgraded Broome Regional Prison have facilities for juvenile offenders who receive custodial sentences; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Employment Protection representing the Minister for Corrective Services, I provide the following response — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Employment Protection representing the Minister for Corrective Services, I provide the following response — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Employment Protection representing the Minister for Corrective Services, I provide the following response — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
(1) Yes. (2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
(2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
(3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
(1) Can the minister confirm that such offenders serve their sentences outside the Kimberley? (2) Does the minister consider that the practice of sending juvenile offenders away from places close to their family greatly improves their chances of rehabilitation? (3) Will the new Derby prison and/or the upgraded Broome Regional Prison have facilities for juvenile offenders who receive custodial sentences; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Employment Protection representing the Minister for Corrective Services, I provide the following response — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
(2) Does the minister consider that the practice of sending juvenile offenders away from places close to their family greatly improves their chances of rehabilitation? (3) Will the new Derby prison and/or the upgraded Broome Regional Prison have facilities for juvenile offenders who receive custodial sentences; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Employment Protection representing the Minister for Corrective Services, I provide the following response — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
(3) Will the new Derby prison and/or the upgraded Broome Regional Prison have facilities for juvenile offenders who receive custodial sentences; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Employment Protection representing the Minister for Corrective Services, I provide the following response — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Employment Protection representing the Minister for Corrective Services, I provide the following response — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Employment Protection representing the Minister for Corrective Services, I provide the following response — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
(1) Yes. (2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
(2) No. (3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
(3) No. Juvenile and adult offenders are not co-accommodated in custodial facilities in Western Australia.
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