❓ Question regarding the release of police videotapes to a convicted murderer. The Minister outlines actions taken to address the security breach and prevent future occurrences, but lacks specific details on the tapes' contents.
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I refer the minister to the recent fiasco regarding the release of police videotaped evidence to convicted murderer Macartney, who is reported to have been in possession of 12 videotapes. (1) Will the minister outline the nature and origin of these 12 tapes? (2) Will the minister confirm that photos of the autopsy were in Macartney’s possession or in the possession of any of his advocates? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO
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I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I think all of us were disgusted at what occurred with this incident. I am not sure what is on the 10 videotapes. I am asking for a full report about those tapes. Let me tell the house what has happened. Mr P.D. Omodei : You could have found out by now. Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
(1) Will the minister outline the nature and origin of these 12 tapes? (2) Will the minister confirm that photos of the autopsy were in Macartney’s possession or in the possession of any of his advocates? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I think all of us were disgusted at what occurred with this incident. I am not sure what is on the 10 videotapes. I am asking for a full report about those tapes. Let me tell the house what has happened. Mr P.D. Omodei : You could have found out by now. Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
(2) Will the minister confirm that photos of the autopsy were in Macartney’s possession or in the possession of any of his advocates? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I think all of us were disgusted at what occurred with this incident. I am not sure what is on the 10 videotapes. I am asking for a full report about those tapes. Let me tell the house what has happened. Mr P.D. Omodei : You could have found out by now. Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I think all of us were disgusted at what occurred with this incident. I am not sure what is on the 10 videotapes. I am asking for a full report about those tapes. Let me tell the house what has happened. Mr P.D. Omodei : You could have found out by now. Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I think all of us were disgusted at what occurred with this incident. I am not sure what is on the 10 videotapes. I am asking for a full report about those tapes. Let me tell the house what has happened. Mr P.D. Omodei : You could have found out by now. Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
(1)-(2) I think all of us were disgusted at what occurred with this incident. I am not sure what is on the 10 videotapes. I am asking for a full report about those tapes. Let me tell the house what has happened. Mr P.D. Omodei : You could have found out by now. Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr P.D. Omodei : You could have found out by now. Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
(1) Will the minister outline the nature and origin of these 12 tapes? (2) Will the minister confirm that photos of the autopsy were in Macartney’s possession or in the possession of any of his advocates? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I think all of us were disgusted at what occurred with this incident. I am not sure what is on the 10 videotapes. I am asking for a full report about those tapes. Let me tell the house what has happened. Mr P.D. Omodei : You could have found out by now. Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
(2) Will the minister confirm that photos of the autopsy were in Macartney’s possession or in the possession of any of his advocates? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I think all of us were disgusted at what occurred with this incident. I am not sure what is on the 10 videotapes. I am asking for a full report about those tapes. Let me tell the house what has happened. Mr P.D. Omodei : You could have found out by now. Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I think all of us were disgusted at what occurred with this incident. I am not sure what is on the 10 videotapes. I am asking for a full report about those tapes. Let me tell the house what has happened. Mr P.D. Omodei : You could have found out by now. Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I think all of us were disgusted at what occurred with this incident. I am not sure what is on the 10 videotapes. I am asking for a full report about those tapes. Let me tell the house what has happened. Mr P.D. Omodei : You could have found out by now. Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
(1)-(2) I think all of us were disgusted at what occurred with this incident. I am not sure what is on the 10 videotapes. I am asking for a full report about those tapes. Let me tell the house what has happened. Mr P.D. Omodei : You could have found out by now. Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr P.D. Omodei : You could have found out by now. Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr R.F. Johnson : What have you been doing for the past two weeks? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : What we have done immediately is to complete a search of all the videotapes, regardless of who has them. We will check to make sure what is on them. We have also changed the processes, so that the copying of videotapes for any reason will be banned. It will be done only with the approval of the prison staff. A complete ban will be placed on prisoners’ tapes going in or out of prison unless approved by prison staff. Further, a restriction will be placed on prisoner access to videotapes and players. Again, we will put in place strict new procedures for prisoners who have been approved access to tapes for their own legal matters. Section 100 of the Justices Act provides prisoners with the ability to access such tapes, and no-one wants to interfere with that ability. Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr R.F. Johnson : It does not allow unfettered access. What is on the other tapes? Surely, if you were doing your job properly, you would have asked that question. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
I will provide an answer to the member about what is on those other tapes. We will check not only those tapes but also all the tapes, because we want to make sure that this incident, which has highlighted a deficiency in the system, is not allowed to happen again. I believe that the Acting Executive Director of Prisons will make some recommendations about how to change the law to restrict access. More importantly, in the meantime every videotape in the prison system has been checked. The checking of that huge number of tapes will create a massive workload, but we need to make sure - Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr R.F. Johnson : They haven’t been checked - they’ve been collected. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : They have been collected and will be checked. Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr R.F. Johnson : Surely you’ve checked Macartney’s videotape, for goodness sake. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : Allow me to finish. We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
We will make sure that no stone is left unturned. We will find out what is on those videotapes. If we discover any inappropriate material, it will be confiscated. More importantly, the process will be changed so that this situation does not happen again.
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