❓ Hon Robin Chapple asks about deaths in custody in WA over the past 10 years and the number awaiting a coronial inquest, following the release of an Economic Regulation Authority report highlighting the need for greater transparency in the prison system. The Attorney General, on behalf of the Minister for Corrective Services, tables a paper with the requested information.
AnsweredQoN 1314Legislative Council
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ECONOMIC REGULATION AUTHORITY — PRISONS
REVIEW — FINAL REPORT
1314. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the Attorney
General representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to the final report of the Economic Regulation AuthorityXXX ###XXXs inquiry into the efficiency and
performance of Western Australian prisons, released on 4 November 2015, which
highlights a need for greater transparency in the public prison system.
(1) How many
deaths in custody, or associated with custody, have occurred in Western
Australia in the last 10 years?
(2) How many
of those deaths in custody, or associated with custody, are still awaiting a
coronial inquest?
REVIEW — FINAL REPORT
1314. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the Attorney
General representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to the final report of the Economic Regulation AuthorityXXX ###XXXs inquiry into the efficiency and
performance of Western Australian prisons, released on 4 November 2015, which
highlights a need for greater transparency in the public prison system.
(1) How many
deaths in custody, or associated with custody, have occurred in Western
Australia in the last 10 years?
(2) How many
of those deaths in custody, or associated with custody, are still awaiting a
coronial inquest?
AnswerView source ↗
On behalf of the Minister for
Corrective Services, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1)–(2) I table a paper
containing the information requested, some of which is in tabular form.
[See paper 3632.]
Corrective Services, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1)–(2) I table a paper
containing the information requested, some of which is in tabular form.
[See paper 3632.]
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