❓ Mr Kirkup requests detailed statistics on adult prisoners as of April 2017. The Minister's response indicates a delay in reporting due to a new data framework being developed, with publication expected to resume in September 2018.
AnsweredQoN 3806Legislative Assembly
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I note that no statistics or data have been released by the Minister since 31 March 2017 in relation to adult prisoners, and I ask as at 30 April 2017, what was the: (a) Number of adult prisoners in custody by prison and what percentage was this as part of the overall capacity within the prison estate; (b) Number of adult prisoners in custody by gender; (c) Number of adult prisoners in custody by Aboriginality; (d) Number of adult prisoners in custody by Aboriginality and gender; (e) Number of adult prison receptions and releases by gender; (f) Number of adult prison receptions and releases by Aboriginality; (g) Number of adult prisoners in custody by sentence status; (h) Number of adult prisoners in custody by security rating; (i) Number of adult prisoners in custody by age group; (j) Number of sentenced adult prisoners in custody by most serious offence; and (k) Number of sentenced adult prisoners in custody by any previous sentence of imprisonment in the 5 years prior to the current sentence?
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Answered
19 September 2018
Responded by
Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
10 days
The Department of Justice advises:
The production of these reports is not a legislative or a departmental policy requirement.
The production of the monthly and quarterly reports was labour-intensive and took considerable time to create and check. The Department is developing a new Corrective Services data and reporting framework to systemise the production of the quarterly statistics reports. While this work has been underway it has not been possible to publish these reports.
It is intended to resume publication of quarterly reports, including reports for quarters ending June 2017, September 2017, December 2017, March 2018 and June 2018 from the September 2018 quarter onwards.
Please see tabled paper number
The production of these reports is not a legislative or a departmental policy requirement.
The production of the monthly and quarterly reports was labour-intensive and took considerable time to create and check. The Department is developing a new Corrective Services data and reporting framework to systemise the production of the quarterly statistics reports. While this work has been underway it has not been possible to publish these reports.
It is intended to resume publication of quarterly reports, including reports for quarters ending June 2017, September 2017, December 2017, March 2018 and June 2018 from the September 2018 quarter onwards.
Please see tabled paper number
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