❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the transfer of women prisoners to Greenough Regional Prison, focusing on Indigenous status, security levels, and plans for a minimum-security women's prison. The Minister provides specific data and details expansion plans for Nyandi Women’s Prison.
AnsweredQoN 812Legislative Council
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I refer to the 25 women prisoners transferred from Bandyup Women’s Prison to Greenough Regional Prison. (1) How many of these women were Aborigines? (2) How many were minimum-security prisoners? (3) How many were maximum-security prisoners? (4) Will the minister detail what plans the Government has for its promised provision of a minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS
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I thank the member for her question. (1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(1) How many of these women were Aborigines? (2) How many were minimum-security prisoners? (3) How many were maximum-security prisoners? (4) Will the minister detail what plans the Government has for its promised provision of a minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for her question. (1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(2) How many were minimum-security prisoners? (3) How many were maximum-security prisoners? (4) Will the minister detail what plans the Government has for its promised provision of a minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for her question. (1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(3) How many were maximum-security prisoners? (4) Will the minister detail what plans the Government has for its promised provision of a minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for her question. (1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(4) Will the minister detail what plans the Government has for its promised provision of a minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for her question. (1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for her question. (1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
I thank the member for her question. (1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(1) How many of these women were Aborigines? (2) How many were minimum-security prisoners? (3) How many were maximum-security prisoners? (4) Will the minister detail what plans the Government has for its promised provision of a minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for her question. (1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(2) How many were minimum-security prisoners? (3) How many were maximum-security prisoners? (4) Will the minister detail what plans the Government has for its promised provision of a minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for her question. (1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(3) How many were maximum-security prisoners? (4) Will the minister detail what plans the Government has for its promised provision of a minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for her question. (1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(4) Will the minister detail what plans the Government has for its promised provision of a minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for her question. (1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for her question. (1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
I thank the member for her question. (1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(1) Fourteen. (2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(2) Two. (3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(3) One. (4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
(4) Nyandi Women’s Prison is the minimum-security prison for women in Western Australia, and has operated as such since December 1998. There are plans to expand Nyandi to include the disused Longmore site. The new prison will be designed to fulfil the needs of low-security women. Practical completion of new works is scheduled for March 2004. It is anticipated that it will accommodate up to 150 women when completed.
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