Question regarding the number of people incarcerated in police lock ups for fine default, with a focus on Aboriginal people, women, and those with mental illness. The answer states the information is not readily available and would require significant resources to extract.

AnsweredQoN 3560Legislative Assembly
Asked
18 February 2015
Portfolio
Police

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For each calendar year from 2008 to 2014, I ask: (a) how many people were incarcerated in police lock ups solely for the purposes of cutting out fines: (i) how many of those were Aboriginal; (ii) how many were women; (iii) how many were Aboriginal women; and (iv) how many were being treated for a diagnosed mental illness at the time of incarceration: (A) how many of those were Aboriginal? (B) how many were women? (C) how many were Aboriginal women?

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Answered
21 April 2015
Responded by
Minister for Police
Response time
62 days
The information requested is not readily available and would require significant resources to extract. If the Member has a specific question, I request that they put it on notice and an assessment will be made of the capacity to provide a response.

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