❓ Shadow Minister Papalia questions Corrective Services Minister Porter on whether prisoner assaults and sexual assaults have increased under the current government. Minister Porter deflects, asking for clarification on whether the question refers to gross or per capita numbers and accusing Papalia of vague concerns.
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PRISON MUSTER — PRISONER ASSAULTS AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS
I have a supplementary question. Does the minister know whether the number of assaults and sexual assaults have gone up under this government? Mr C.C. PORTER
I have a supplementary question. Does the minister know whether the number of assaults and sexual assaults have gone up under this government? Mr C.C. PORTER
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Is the member talking in gross or per capita numbers? There is some responsibility — Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : These are completely vague concerns and there is no actual question. I go through that data all the time. Mr P. Papalia : The question was: do you know? Mr C.C. PORTER : What is the member suggesting that I should know? Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Mr C.C. PORTER replied: Is the member talking in gross or per capita numbers? There is some responsibility — Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : These are completely vague concerns and there is no actual question. I go through that data all the time. Mr P. Papalia : The question was: do you know? Mr C.C. PORTER : What is the member suggesting that I should know? Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Is the member talking in gross or per capita numbers? There is some responsibility — Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : These are completely vague concerns and there is no actual question. I go through that data all the time. Mr P. Papalia : The question was: do you know? Mr C.C. PORTER : What is the member suggesting that I should know? Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : These are completely vague concerns and there is no actual question. I go through that data all the time. Mr P. Papalia : The question was: do you know? Mr C.C. PORTER : What is the member suggesting that I should know? Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Mr C.C. PORTER : These are completely vague concerns and there is no actual question. I go through that data all the time. Mr P. Papalia : The question was: do you know? Mr C.C. PORTER : What is the member suggesting that I should know? Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Mr P. Papalia : The question was: do you know? Mr C.C. PORTER : What is the member suggesting that I should know? Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Mr C.C. PORTER : What is the member suggesting that I should know? Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Mr C.C. PORTER replied: Is the member talking in gross or per capita numbers? There is some responsibility — Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : These are completely vague concerns and there is no actual question. I go through that data all the time. Mr P. Papalia : The question was: do you know? Mr C.C. PORTER : What is the member suggesting that I should know? Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Is the member talking in gross or per capita numbers? There is some responsibility — Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : These are completely vague concerns and there is no actual question. I go through that data all the time. Mr P. Papalia : The question was: do you know? Mr C.C. PORTER : What is the member suggesting that I should know? Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Several members interjected. Mr C.C. PORTER : These are completely vague concerns and there is no actual question. I go through that data all the time. Mr P. Papalia : The question was: do you know? Mr C.C. PORTER : What is the member suggesting that I should know? Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Mr C.C. PORTER : These are completely vague concerns and there is no actual question. I go through that data all the time. Mr P. Papalia : The question was: do you know? Mr C.C. PORTER : What is the member suggesting that I should know? Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Mr P. Papalia : The question was: do you know? Mr C.C. PORTER : What is the member suggesting that I should know? Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Mr C.C. PORTER : What is the member suggesting that I should know? Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Mr P. Papalia : Do you know whether they have gone up under you? You do not know the answer. Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
Mr C.C. PORTER : There are always assaults and, indeed, sexual assaults in the prison system. That has been the case for decades. If the member is suggesting that per capita of the population it is worse now than it was under your government, then put the question and I will answer it.
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