2322. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to the imprisonment of people for fine default in Western Australia, and I ask:
(a) how many adults are currently in custody for fine default only;
(b) how many adults are currently in custody whose most serious offence was a Traffic and Vehicle Regulatory Offence as per the Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (ANZSOC), Division 14;
(c) how many of the individuals referred to in (a) and (b) are:
(i) women; and
(ii) Aboriginal;
(d) what offences have the individuals in (b) been convicted of; and
(e) how long have the individuals in (b) been in custody?
Hon Stephen Dawson replied:
As at midnight on August 11 2019:
(a) One adult in custody for fine default only;
(b) 98 adults in custody where most serious offence was a Traffic and Vehicle Regulatory Offence as per the Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (ANZSOC), Division 14;
(c)
(i) 14 women in total, none for fine default only.
(ii) 29 prisoners who identified as Aboriginal, none for fine default only.
(d)–(e) Adults in Custody at Midnight on Aug 11 2019, where Most Serious Offence in ANZSOC Division 14.
| Offence | Prisoners |
Days in Custody (to date)1 Min |
Days in Custody (to date)1 Max |
Days in Custody (to date)1 Mean |
| Driver failed to stop and ensure assistance received after incident occasioning bodily harm | 1 | 333 | 333 | 333 |
|
Driver of a vehicle failed to comply with a direction to stop (circumstance of aggravation) |
2 | 135 | 354 | 244 |
| No authority to drive – cancelled | 24 | 20 | 409 | 134 |
| No authority to drive – never held an Australian licence and disqualified from holding or obtaining | 11 | 12 | 256 | 120 |
| No authority to drive – suspended (other than fines suspension) | 59 | 7 | 521 | 126 |
| No authority to drive disqualified/suspended (other than fines suspension) under section 49(3)(c) | 1 | 105 | 105 | 105 |
1 The number of days in custody since reception, including any time spent on remand; for each of the offences listed:
Min – the least number of days in custody so far by a prisoner with that offence.
Max – the most number of days in custody so far by a prisoner with that offence.
Mean – the average number of days in custody so far by a prisoner with that offence.