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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1174 asked in the Legislative Council on 14 December 2021 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

PRISONERS — REHABILITATION PROGRAMS

1174. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

What rehabilitation programs are available for prisoners during their term of imprisonment and after they have served their sentence in a Western Australian prison?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for the question. The Minister for Corrective Services has provided the following information.

The Department of Justice's corrective services delivers a suite of evidence-based programs designed to address the criminogenic needs of prisoners during their term of imprisonment based on their treatment assessment needs. The department also offers programs, after they have served their prison sentence, for those offenders who are assessed as requiring additional support whilst on parole. Categories of programs include addiction; cognitive skills; violence, including family and domestic violence; general offending; and sex offending. All rehabilitation programs are available to prisoners according to identified treatment needs, demand and length of sentence, and in situations when no individual barriers to program participation are identified—for example, mental health, language or cognitive disability barriers. After prisoners have served their sentence, the department provides rehabilitation programs through internal staff as well as through non-government organisations under service agreements.