CORRECTIVE SERVICES — ABORIGINAL VISITORS SCHEME

2329. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

I refer to the Aboriginal Visitors Scheme (AVS), and I ask:

 (a) how many FTE are currently employed in the AVS;

 (b) how many FTE are currently employed in the AVS; and

 (c) which facilities are currently regularly visited by staff from the AVS, and how often do they visit each site?

Hon Stephen Dawson replied:

(a)  Six (6) FTE are currently employed in the AVS;

(b)  30 individual staff are currently contracted by AVS.

(c)  The following sites receive visits from AVS:

Prison Site

Visits per week

Bandyup Women’s Prison

4 days

Hakea Prison

4 days

Casuarina Prison

4 days

Banksia Hill Detention Centre

4 days

Melaleuca Remand Prison

4 days

Broome Regional Prison

3 days

Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison

3 days

Albany Regional Prison

3 days

Boronia Pre-Release Facility

1 day

 

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