Question on Notice regarding under-reporting of prison assaults. The Minister provides details on the internal audit, reporting period, new quality assurance processes, and when more accurate records will be reflected.

AnsweredQoN 2411Legislative Council
Asked
20 August 2019
Portfolio
Corrective Services

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I
refer to the Minister’s media statement of 8 August 2019 about the
under-reporting of prison assaults, and I ask: (a) when was the internal audit undertaken; (b) what reporting time period did the internal audit consider; (c) will the Minister please advise what specific new quality assurance processes have been put in place to address: (i) under-reporting; and (ii) recording inaccuracies; and (d) which reporting time period will first reflect the more accurate records?

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Answered
24 September 2019
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
9 days
(a)    8 July 2019.
(b)   1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
(c)    Under-reporting and recording inaccuracies are addressed through a number of measures including:
(d)   Work was completed to identify and amend misclassified serious assaults from the 2017-2018 financial year. As a result, the rate of serious assault Key Performance Indicator will be restated for 2017-2018 as part of the 2018-2019 Annual Report process.

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