❓ Question regarding the transfer of WA prisoners, particularly foreign nationals, to Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre for deportation, and their security classifications and sentence completion status.
AnsweredQoN 213Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
YONGAH HILL IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTRE
213. Hon DARREN WEST to the Attorney General
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to media reports that over
half the number of the detainees held at Yongah Hill Immigration Detention
Centre are foreign nationals who have committed offences and been sentenced to incarceration
within the Western Australian judicial system.
(1) How many
Western Australian prisoners have been transferred to Yongah Hill Immigration
Detention Centre and are currently held there prior to deportation?
(2) Of the prisoners in (1), how many were —
(a) high-security;
(b) medium-security; and
(c) low-security prisoners?
(3) Of the prisoners in (1), how many —
(a) had completed
the sentence they had received under the Western Australian judicial system;
and
(b) were transferred to Yongah Hill having
not yet completed their sentence?
213. Hon DARREN WEST to the Attorney General
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to media reports that over
half the number of the detainees held at Yongah Hill Immigration Detention
Centre are foreign nationals who have committed offences and been sentenced to incarceration
within the Western Australian judicial system.
(1) How many
Western Australian prisoners have been transferred to Yongah Hill Immigration
Detention Centre and are currently held there prior to deportation?
(2) Of the prisoners in (1), how many were —
(a) high-security;
(b) medium-security; and
(c) low-security prisoners?
(3) Of the prisoners in (1), how many —
(a) had completed
the sentence they had received under the Western Australian judicial system;
and
(b) were transferred to Yongah Hill having
not yet completed their sentence?
AnswerView source ↗
On behalf of the Minister for
Corrective Services, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1) There has
been a longstanding practice of deporting non-citizens under the Migration Act
1958 following criminal conviction and sentencing. However, since the
introduction of the Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa
Cancellation) Act 2014 on 11 December 2014 and 10 March 2015, 22 former
prisoners were released under deportation/immigration orders to the Department
of Immigration and Border Protection. The Department of Corrective Services
does not keep information on former prisoners once they have been transferred
to the custody of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Note
that one former prisoner is being held by the Department of Corrective Services
on behalf of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection due to their
security rating.
(2) (a)–(c)
One former prisoner was high-security, 17 former prisoners were
medium-security, and four had been low-security.
(3) The
Department of Corrective Services advises that the breakdown of this
information on former prisoners is not available in this time frame, but notes
that former prisoners receiving a deportation/immigration order will have
either completed their sentence or been eligible for parole.
Corrective Services, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1) There has
been a longstanding practice of deporting non-citizens under the Migration Act
1958 following criminal conviction and sentencing. However, since the
introduction of the Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa
Cancellation) Act 2014 on 11 December 2014 and 10 March 2015, 22 former
prisoners were released under deportation/immigration orders to the Department
of Immigration and Border Protection. The Department of Corrective Services
does not keep information on former prisoners once they have been transferred
to the custody of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Note
that one former prisoner is being held by the Department of Corrective Services
on behalf of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection due to their
security rating.
(2) (a)–(c)
One former prisoner was high-security, 17 former prisoners were
medium-security, and four had been low-security.
(3) The
Department of Corrective Services advises that the breakdown of this
information on former prisoners is not available in this time frame, but notes
that former prisoners receiving a deportation/immigration order will have
either completed their sentence or been eligible for parole.
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