❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information on prisoner wages, phone call costs, and postage costs across twelve WA prisons. The answer provides phone call and postage costs, but omits wage information.
AnsweredQoN 857Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
In reference to the following prisons –
(i) Casuarina;
(ii) Hakea;
(iii) Bandyup;
(iv) Broome;
(v) Greenough;
(vi) Wooroloo;
(vii) Karnet;
(viii) Boronia;
(ix) Bunbury;
(x) Albany;
(xi) Eastern Goldfields; and
(xii) Roebourne:
(a) What is the daily wage paid to prisoners for work performed;
(b) What is the cost charged to a prisoner for a phone call to suburban Perth; and
(c) What is the cost charged to a prisoner for a letter to be mailed out from the prisoner?
(i) Casuarina;
(ii) Hakea;
(iii) Bandyup;
(iv) Broome;
(v) Greenough;
(vi) Wooroloo;
(vii) Karnet;
(viii) Boronia;
(ix) Bunbury;
(x) Albany;
(xi) Eastern Goldfields; and
(xii) Roebourne:
(a) What is the daily wage paid to prisoners for work performed;
(b) What is the cost charged to a prisoner for a phone call to suburban Perth; and
(c) What is the cost charged to a prisoner for a letter to be mailed out from the prisoner?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
9 June 2009
Responded by
Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
28 days
(b) The cost charged to a prisoner for a phone call to suburban Perth from each site is as follows: Prison Cost of call to suburban Perth (i) Casuarina $0.33 (ii) Hakea $0.33 (iii) Bandyup $0.33 (iv) Broome* $3.20 (v) Greenough* $3.20 (vi) Wooroloo* $0.88 (vii) Karnet* $0.88 (viii) Boronia $0.33 (ix) Bunbury* $3.20 (x) Albany* $3.20 (xi) Eastern Goldfields* $3.20 (xii) Roebourne* $3.20 * Based on a ten minute phone call to a land line. (c) Remand prisoners - Nil. Sentenced prisoners - Nil up to the monthly limits; above the monthly limit full postage costs are charged. Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on http://www.rtlib.com
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