A WA parliamentary question seeks data on the completion times of Individual Management Plans (IMPs) for prisoners, revealing delays and a lack of average time tracking by Corrective Services.

AnsweredQoN 6351Legislative Assembly
Asked
11 August 2020
Portfolio
Emergency Services; Corrective Services

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(1) As at 1 August 2020, by prison, how many prisoners were awaiting completion of their Individual Management Plan? (2) As at 1 August 2020, what was the longest time a prisoner had been waiting on the completion of their Individual Management Plan? (3) As at 1 August 2020, what is the average time a prisoner has to wait for the completion of their Individual Management Plan? (4) As at 1 August 2020, by prison, how many prisoners had been waiting longer than the 28-day timeframe set out in Adult Custodial Rule 18 and 785 for their Individual Management Plan?

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Answered
15 September 2020
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services; Corrective Services
Response time
9 days
(1) As at 31 July 2020, the number of prisoners awaiting completion of their Initial Individual Management Plan (IMP) (by prison) were;
(2) As at 31 July 2020, the longest time a prisoner had been waiting on the completion of their Initial IMP was 21 months for an appeal class prisoner awaiting an appeal decision.
(3) Corrective Services do not record the average time a prisoner has to wait for the completion of their Initial IMP. To calculate this figure would require the review of each IMP during the specified period and would take significant human resources to do so.
(4) As at 31 July 2020, the number of prisoners that had been waiting longer than the 28-day timeframe set out in Adult Custodial Rule 18 for their Initial IMP (by prison) were;

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