❓ Hon. Amber-Jade Sanderson asks about the number of men and women, particularly Aboriginal people, held on remand due to inability to pay surety. The Minister's response indicates the data isn't readily available and requires manual review.
AnsweredQoN 146Legislative Council
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BANDYUP WOMEN'S PRISON — ABORIGINAL AND WOMEN PRISONERS
146. Hon AMBER-JADE SANDERSON to the
Attorney General representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to page 28 of the Inspector
of Custodial Services ''Report of an Announced Inspection of Bandyup
Women's Prison'' and that 28 per cent of all women in prison and
31 per cent of Aboriginal women in prison were on remand.
(1) What number
of women were in prison on 24 July 2014 on remand solely because of an
inability to raise surety, expressed as both a raw figure and percentage of all
women in prison on that day?
(2) What number
of Aboriginal women were in prison on 24 July 2014 on remand solely because of
an inability to raise surety?
(3) What number
of men were in prison on 24 July 2014 on remand solely because of an inability
to raise surety?
(4) What number
of Aboriginal men were in prison on 24 July 2014 on remand solely because of an
inability to raise surety?
146. Hon AMBER-JADE SANDERSON to the
Attorney General representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to page 28 of the Inspector
of Custodial Services ''Report of an Announced Inspection of Bandyup
Women's Prison'' and that 28 per cent of all women in prison and
31 per cent of Aboriginal women in prison were on remand.
(1) What number
of women were in prison on 24 July 2014 on remand solely because of an
inability to raise surety, expressed as both a raw figure and percentage of all
women in prison on that day?
(2) What number
of Aboriginal women were in prison on 24 July 2014 on remand solely because of
an inability to raise surety?
(3) What number
of men were in prison on 24 July 2014 on remand solely because of an inability
to raise surety?
(4) What number
of Aboriginal men were in prison on 24 July 2014 on remand solely because of an
inability to raise surety?
AnswerView source ↗
On behalf of the Minister for
Corrective Services I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
The Department of Corrective
Services advises that the information requested is not recorded in a manner
that is easily retrievable in the time frame required. It is possible to
provide this data thorough manual interrogation of each identified record. Given
the number of records identified and in order to ensure the information
provided to Parliament is accurate, it is expected that this process will take
some time to complete.
I ask the member to place this
question on notice.
Corrective Services I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
The Department of Corrective
Services advises that the information requested is not recorded in a manner
that is easily retrievable in the time frame required. It is possible to
provide this data thorough manual interrogation of each identified record. Given
the number of records identified and in order to ensure the information
provided to Parliament is accurate, it is expected that this process will take
some time to complete.
I ask the member to place this
question on notice.
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