❓ Mr. Blayney questions the Minister for Corrective Services regarding the standard of the new security fence at Greenough Regional Prison, following a riot and breakout. The Minister assures the fence will be equivalent to or better than the existing perimeter fence, detailing the difference in opinion between the department and the prison officers' union regarding the fence material.
AnsweredQoN 1062Legislative Assembly
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GREENOUGH REGIONAL PRISON
1062. Mr I.C. BLAYNEY to the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I have a supplementary question.
The SPEAKER : A bit slow,
member for Geraldton.
Mr I.C. BLAYNEY : Sorry about
that, but the answer was very detailed.
Minister, given that a full security
fence was a key recommendation from the inquiry into the riot and breakout, will
the fence be of the same standard as the perimeter fence?
1062. Mr I.C. BLAYNEY to the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I have a supplementary question.
The SPEAKER : A bit slow,
member for Geraldton.
Mr I.C. BLAYNEY : Sorry about
that, but the answer was very detailed.
Minister, given that a full security
fence was a key recommendation from the inquiry into the riot and breakout, will
the fence be of the same standard as the perimeter fence?
AnswerView source ↗
The member will find that it will be
equivalent to, or better than, the external security fence. Although the
external security fence has double fencing in place—with equipment in
between the two fences that goes to other forms of security that I cannot talk
about in here—a single fence will be in place between the male and
female facilities, but that fence will be as
good as, or better than, the internal fence that is around the perimeter of
that prison. The only difference between the department and the prisons
officers' union is that the prison officers' union wants a tilt-up
concrete fence around the female unit that would be enormous, and the
Department of Justice is suggesting a steel fence that people cannot look
through so that both males and females cannot see each other. It is still
exactly the same. The difference is between metal and concrete. That is the
only argument that is occurring at the moment.
equivalent to, or better than, the external security fence. Although the
external security fence has double fencing in place—with equipment in
between the two fences that goes to other forms of security that I cannot talk
about in here—a single fence will be in place between the male and
female facilities, but that fence will be as
good as, or better than, the internal fence that is around the perimeter of
that prison. The only difference between the department and the prisons
officers' union is that the prison officers' union wants a tilt-up
concrete fence around the female unit that would be enormous, and the
Department of Justice is suggesting a steel fence that people cannot look
through so that both males and females cannot see each other. It is still
exactly the same. The difference is between metal and concrete. That is the
only argument that is occurring at the moment.
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