❓ Hon. Alanna Clohesy asks about the daily cost per prisoner in WA across different security levels. The Attorney General provides an overall cost but states that specific breakdowns by security level aren't readily available due to costing model limitations and varying factors at each prison site.
AnsweredQoN 452Legislative Council
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CORRECTIVE SERVICES — PRISONER COSTS
452. Hon ALANNA CLOHESY to the Attorney General representing
the Minister for Corrective Services:
(1) What is the current cost per prisoner per day for holding
prisoners in —
(a) a minimum security
facility;
(b) a medium security facility;
and
(c) a maximum security facility.
452. Hon ALANNA CLOHESY to the Attorney General representing
the Minister for Corrective Services:
(1) What is the current cost per prisoner per day for holding
prisoners in —
(a) a minimum security
facility;
(b) a medium security facility;
and
(c) a maximum security facility.
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1) (a)–(c)
The Department of Corrective Services advises that the cost per prisoner per
day of keeping an adult offender in custody in the Western Australian prison
system during 2011–12 was approximately $291. There are no costing
models or systems presently in use by the department that can differentiate the
costs by prison security rating. Most prison sites include prisoners with a
range of security ratings. Any comparison would be an estimate only between
security levels and needs to consider such factors as prisoner numbers at each
site as economies of scale have an impact; the design of the prison has an
impact on staffing requirements; the location of the prison in relation to
regional costs et cetera; and the actual cohort mix for each location during
the year as various prisons have a range of security mixes.
I have a table with the breakdown
of direct operating costs and the daily average population for each prison
site. The table includes the daily average population for each security rating.
It is not particularly long, so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted. [See paper 520.]
The following material was
incorporated —
Note: 12/13 figures are not
available - pending final audit.
question.
(1) (a)–(c)
The Department of Corrective Services advises that the cost per prisoner per
day of keeping an adult offender in custody in the Western Australian prison
system during 2011–12 was approximately $291. There are no costing
models or systems presently in use by the department that can differentiate the
costs by prison security rating. Most prison sites include prisoners with a
range of security ratings. Any comparison would be an estimate only between
security levels and needs to consider such factors as prisoner numbers at each
site as economies of scale have an impact; the design of the prison has an
impact on staffing requirements; the location of the prison in relation to
regional costs et cetera; and the actual cohort mix for each location during
the year as various prisons have a range of security mixes.
I have a table with the breakdown
of direct operating costs and the daily average population for each prison
site. The table includes the daily average population for each security rating.
It is not particularly long, so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted. [See paper 520.]
The following material was
incorporated —
Note: 12/13 figures are not
available - pending final audit.
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