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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 32 asked in the Legislative Council on 14 March 2018 by Hon Charles Smith

Parliament: 40 Session: 1


CORRECTIVE SERVICES — PRISON STAFF ASSAULTS
      32. Hon CHARLES SMITH to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to a recent media article on WAtoday entitled '''Brutal assaults': Spate of inmate attacks on WA prison staff''. Can the minister advise the house —
      (a) how many WA prison staff have been assaulted and submitted incident reports in the last 12 months;
(b) how many of those assaults have been prosecuted; and
(c) how many of those prosecutions have concluded in a criminal conviction?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I am advised by the Department of Justice as follows.
(a) The answer is in tabular form and I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
The following material was incorporated —
          Assaults Against Staff in Prisons
          *14 March 2017 – 13 March 2018
          Serious Assault
          14
          Assault
          111
          Total Assaults
          125

* The quality assurance processes for assault incidents for February and March 2018 have not yet been completed. Data may be subject to change.

(b)–(c) Information would need to be requested from the Western Australia Police Force.