❓ Mr L'Estrange questions the Minister for Emergency Services and Corrective Services about the backlog of Individual Management Plans (IMPs) for prisoners across various WA prisons and the staffing allocated to address this issue. The Minister provides data on the backlog and details the staffing arrangements.
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I refer to Question on Notice No. 5333, answered on 17 September 2019, in which you advised that an additional 10 public service staff were provided since the beginning of July 2019, for an initial three months, to address the Individual Management Plan (IMP) backlog, and I ask: (a) As at 1 October 2019, how many prisoners are waiting for their IMP to be finalised at: (i) Acacia Prison; (ii) Albany Regional Prison; (iii) Bandyup Women’s Prison; (iv) Broome Regional Prison; (v) Bunbury Regional Prison; (vi) Casuarina Prison; (vii) Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison; (viii) Greenough Regional Prison; (ix) Hakea Prison; (x) Karnet Prison Farm; (xi) Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility; (xii) Pardelup Prison Farm; (xiii) Roebourne Regional Prison; (xiv) West Kimberley Regional Prison; and (xv) Wooroloo Prison Farm; and (b) Are all of the 10 staff members still assisting with the completion of IMP reports: (i) If yes, for how long will the extra 10 staff members assist with completing IMP reports; and (ii) If no, how many of the 10 staff members are still assisting with completing IMP reports?
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Answered
26 November 2019
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services; Corrective Services
Response time
12 days
(a) Please note backlog data is captured at the end of the month, therefore, as at 30 September 2019, the following number of prisoners are awaiting their IMP to be finalised at:
(i) Acacia Prison – 471;
(ii) Albany Regional Prison - 79;
(iii) Bandyup Women’s Prison - 66;
(iv) Broome Regional Prison - 0;
(v) Bunbury Regional Prison - 21;
(vi) Casuarina Prison - 148;
(vii) Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison - 21;
(viii) Greenough Regional Prison - 8;
(ix) Hakea Prison - 49;
(x) Karnet Prison Farm - 46;
(xi) Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility - 1;
(xii) Pardelup Prison Farm - 0;
(xiii) Roebourne Regional Prison - 16;
(xiv) West Kimberley Regional Prison - 11; and
(xv) Wooroloo Prison Farm – 58.
(b) An individual’s IMP consists of components such as treatment assessment, education assessment, security rating, and reintegration needs which inform the Case Conference and final IMP report.
The 10 additional staff who commenced in July 2019 to assist with the completion of IMPs consisted of four treatment assessors for Hakea Prison and four treatment assessors, one education assessor and one assessment writer to complete IMP reports for Acacia Prison. These temporary positions are currently in place until 24 December 2019 with a possibility of extension. These positions have reduced the backlog of treatment assessments by 31%.
Furthermore, an additional 10 public service staff were approved by the Commissioner, Corrective Services on 10 September 2019 to assist with the backlog of IMPs. These staff will commence training on 4 November 2019.
(i) The additional 10 public service staff will assist with completing IMP reports for an initial period of three months.
(ii) Not applicable.
(i) Acacia Prison – 471;
(ii) Albany Regional Prison - 79;
(iii) Bandyup Women’s Prison - 66;
(iv) Broome Regional Prison - 0;
(v) Bunbury Regional Prison - 21;
(vi) Casuarina Prison - 148;
(vii) Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison - 21;
(viii) Greenough Regional Prison - 8;
(ix) Hakea Prison - 49;
(x) Karnet Prison Farm - 46;
(xi) Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility - 1;
(xii) Pardelup Prison Farm - 0;
(xiii) Roebourne Regional Prison - 16;
(xiv) West Kimberley Regional Prison - 11; and
(xv) Wooroloo Prison Farm – 58.
(b) An individual’s IMP consists of components such as treatment assessment, education assessment, security rating, and reintegration needs which inform the Case Conference and final IMP report.
The 10 additional staff who commenced in July 2019 to assist with the completion of IMPs consisted of four treatment assessors for Hakea Prison and four treatment assessors, one education assessor and one assessment writer to complete IMP reports for Acacia Prison. These temporary positions are currently in place until 24 December 2019 with a possibility of extension. These positions have reduced the backlog of treatment assessments by 31%.
Furthermore, an additional 10 public service staff were approved by the Commissioner, Corrective Services on 10 September 2019 to assist with the backlog of IMPs. These staff will commence training on 4 November 2019.
(i) The additional 10 public service staff will assist with completing IMP reports for an initial period of three months.
(ii) Not applicable.
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