Prisons—Facilities
564. Hon Dr Brad Pettittto theminister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to all adult prisons in Western Australia at midnight on Monday 18 August 2025, or the most recent date for which data is available.
(1) How many people were sleeping on a mattress on the floor?
(2) Please provide a breakdown of (1), by prison facility?
(3) For every answer in (1), how many of those were in a cell where another person was also sleeping on a mattress on the floor?
Hon Matthew Swinbourn replied:
I thank the member for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister for Corrective Services.
(1) As at 18 August 2025, there were 182 prisoners sleeping on a mattress on the floor.
The answer to (2) is in tabular form, and I seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted for the following material to be incorporated.
Refer to the below table.
|
Prison |
Total |
|
Acacia Prison |
10 |
|
Albany Regional Prison |
40 |
|
Bandyup Women's Prison |
0 |
|
Boronia Pre-Release Centre |
0 |
|
Broome Regional Prison |
5 |
|
Bunbury Regional Prison |
26 |
|
Casuarina Prison |
19 |
|
Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison |
19 |
|
Greenough Regional Prison |
19 |
|
Hakea Prison |
26 |
|
Karnet Prison Farm |
0 |
|
Melaleuca Women's Prison |
2 |
|
Pardelup Prison Farm |
6 |
|
Roebourne Regional Prison |
4 |
|
Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison |
0 |
|
West Kimberley Regional Prison |
6 |
|
Wooroloo Prison Farm |
0 |
(3) As at 18 August 2025, it was five prisoners at Broome Regional Prison. It was a temporary measure to facilitate prisoner attendance at courts or prison transfers.
