❓ Mr. Love asks about female residents, recidivism, and the dental program at Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison. The Minister provides data on resident numbers, referrals, graduation rates, returns to corrective services, dental program access and costs, and confirms a review of the dental program will occur.
AnsweredQoN 694Legislative Assembly
Asked
14 February 2023
Member
Portfolio
Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Corrective Services; Industrial Relations
QuestionView source ↗
(1) I refer to Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison and ask for each of the financial years 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22: (a) How many women were residents at Wandoo; (b) The number of women referred to Wandoo, regardless of whether or not they became a resident; (c) The recidivism rate; (d) The number of women graduating Wandoo; and (e) The number of beds? (2) Since the launch of the dental program at Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison: (a) How many prisoners have accessed the program; (b) The total cost; and (c) The number of repeat visits by prisoners? (3) Will there be a review of the dental program and if yes, when will this occur? (4) Does the Department of Justice track when residents at Wandoo request to be a part of rehabilitation programs? If yes, please detail the number of requests for each rehabilitation program?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
14 March 2023
Responded by
Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Corrective Services; Industrial Relations
Response time
6 days
1)
a) Distinct female offenders for Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison for 2018-19 – 2021-22
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
107
173
141
128
b) Prior to 2021-22 the Department of Justice did not capture referral data in a way that allows for it to be broken down per financial year.
· 2017-21 – 977 distinct female offenders
· 2021-22 – 135 distinct female offenders
c) and
d)
Standard recidivism rates cannot be provided at this time as the program duration and number of graduates are insufficient to allow the typical recidivism logic to be applied.
The following rates of graduation and returns to Corrective Services can be provided:
· 2018-2019: of 21 graduates, 21 have since been discharged, of which 5 returned to corrective services for a new offence (1 custody, 4 community corrections)
· 2019-2020: of 85 graduates, 85 have since been discharged, of which 18 returned to corrective services for a new offence (10 custody, 8 community corrections)
· 2020-2021: of 78 graduates, 74 have since been discharged, of which 9 returned to corrective services for a new offence (5 custody, 4 community corrections)
· 2021-2022: of 49 graduates, 40 have since been discharged, of which 1 returned to corrective services for a new offence (0 custody, 1 community corrections).
e) 77
2)
a) 186
b) $183,308
c) 147
3) Yes, it is anticipated a review of dental services at Wandoo will be completed this calendar year.
4) No
a) Distinct female offenders for Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison for 2018-19 – 2021-22
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
107
173
141
128
b) Prior to 2021-22 the Department of Justice did not capture referral data in a way that allows for it to be broken down per financial year.
· 2017-21 – 977 distinct female offenders
· 2021-22 – 135 distinct female offenders
c) and
d)
Standard recidivism rates cannot be provided at this time as the program duration and number of graduates are insufficient to allow the typical recidivism logic to be applied.
The following rates of graduation and returns to Corrective Services can be provided:
· 2018-2019: of 21 graduates, 21 have since been discharged, of which 5 returned to corrective services for a new offence (1 custody, 4 community corrections)
· 2019-2020: of 85 graduates, 85 have since been discharged, of which 18 returned to corrective services for a new offence (10 custody, 8 community corrections)
· 2020-2021: of 78 graduates, 74 have since been discharged, of which 9 returned to corrective services for a new offence (5 custody, 4 community corrections)
· 2021-2022: of 49 graduates, 40 have since been discharged, of which 1 returned to corrective services for a new offence (0 custody, 1 community corrections).
e) 77
2)
a) 186
b) $183,308
c) 147
3) Yes, it is anticipated a review of dental services at Wandoo will be completed this calendar year.
4) No
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.