❓ Hon Nick Goiran questions the Attorney General regarding the parole cancellation and whereabouts of violent sex offender Kiernan Donnelly, and the number of outstanding return-to-prison warrants. The Attorney General provided some dates but deferred answering parts (4) and (5) requiring case-by-case analysis.
AnsweredQoN 485Legislative Council
Asked
11 May 2023
Member
Portfolio
parliamentary secretary representing the Attorney General
QuestionView source ↗
VIOLENT SEX OFFENDERS — PAROLE
485. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I
refer to the disturbing news that the whereabouts of the violent sex offender
Kiernan Donnelly are currently unknown.
(1) On what date was his parole
cancelled?
(2) On what date was a return-to-prison
warrant obtained?
(3) For how long
was the offender's whereabouts unknown before the Prisoners Review
Board of Western Australia cancelled his parole?
(4) Are there other parolees whose
whereabouts are currently unknown?
(5) How many of
the current return-to-prison warrants with the Western Australia Police Force
are being monitored by the Department of Justice?
485. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I
refer to the disturbing news that the whereabouts of the violent sex offender
Kiernan Donnelly are currently unknown.
(1) On what date was his parole
cancelled?
(2) On what date was a return-to-prison
warrant obtained?
(3) For how long
was the offender's whereabouts unknown before the Prisoners Review
Board of Western Australia cancelled his parole?
(4) Are there other parolees whose
whereabouts are currently unknown?
(5) How many of
the current return-to-prison warrants with the Western Australia Police Force
are being monitored by the Department of Justice?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me
by the Attorney General.
(1) The Prisoners Review Board
cancelled his parole on 13 April 2023.
(2) Adult community corrections suspended his parole
and issued a return-to-prison warrant on 7 February 2023.
(3) His whereabouts were confirmed
as unknown on 6 February 2023.
(4)–(5) The
status of parolees whose parole has been suspended and whereabouts are unknown
is recorded in their individual electronic records as free text. Providing this
information would require a case-by-case analysis. As such, we ask the
honourable member to put parts (4) and (5) of the question on notice.
some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me
by the Attorney General.
(1) The Prisoners Review Board
cancelled his parole on 13 April 2023.
(2) Adult community corrections suspended his parole
and issued a return-to-prison warrant on 7 February 2023.
(3) His whereabouts were confirmed
as unknown on 6 February 2023.
(4)–(5) The
status of parolees whose parole has been suspended and whereabouts are unknown
is recorded in their individual electronic records as free text. Providing this
information would require a case-by-case analysis. As such, we ask the
honourable member to put parts (4) and (5) of the question on notice.
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