❓ Hon Simon O’Brien asks about Boronia Pre-Release Centre's acceptance of minimum security prisoners. The Justice Minister responds that Boronia hasn't refused correctly assessed prisoners and outlines the dispute resolution process.
AnsweredQoN 2567Legislative Council
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(1) How many prisoners classified as minimum security through the prisoner classification process have Boronia refused to accept?
(2) On what grounds have they refused to accept those prisoners?
(3) What process applies to resolve the issue should Boronia object to, or refuse to accept certain prisoners?
(2) On what grounds have they refused to accept those prisoners?
(3) What process applies to resolve the issue should Boronia object to, or refuse to accept certain prisoners?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
11 October 2005
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Justice
Response time
41 days
(1) Boronia Pre-Release Centre has never refused to accept a prisoner who has been correctly assessed as minimum security and can be appropriately and safely managed given due regard to victim and community concerns. (2) Not applicable (3) Manager of Operations from Boronia Pre-Release Centre will discuss the transfer with the Manager of Operations/Manager of Assessments from the referring prison. If the situation were to arise that agreement was not reached, the matter would be escalated, initially to a discussion between the Superintendent of the Boronia Pre Release Centre and the Superintendent from the referring prison. To date it has not been necessary to escalate any matters.
(2) Not applicable (3) Manager of Operations from Boronia Pre-Release Centre will discuss the transfer with the Manager of Operations/Manager of Assessments from the referring prison. If the situation were to arise that agreement was not reached, the matter would be escalated, initially to a discussion between the Superintendent of the Boronia Pre Release Centre and the Superintendent from the referring prison. To date it has not been necessary to escalate any matters.
(3) Manager of Operations from Boronia Pre-Release Centre will discuss the transfer with the Manager of Operations/Manager of Assessments from the referring prison. If the situation were to arise that agreement was not reached, the matter would be escalated, initially to a discussion between the Superintendent of the Boronia Pre Release Centre and the Superintendent from the referring prison. To date it has not been necessary to escalate any matters.
(2) Not applicable (3) Manager of Operations from Boronia Pre-Release Centre will discuss the transfer with the Manager of Operations/Manager of Assessments from the referring prison. If the situation were to arise that agreement was not reached, the matter would be escalated, initially to a discussion between the Superintendent of the Boronia Pre Release Centre and the Superintendent from the referring prison. To date it has not been necessary to escalate any matters.
(3) Manager of Operations from Boronia Pre-Release Centre will discuss the transfer with the Manager of Operations/Manager of Assessments from the referring prison. If the situation were to arise that agreement was not reached, the matter would be escalated, initially to a discussion between the Superintendent of the Boronia Pre Release Centre and the Superintendent from the referring prison. To date it has not been necessary to escalate any matters.
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