101: Report of an Announced Inspection of Wooroloo Prison Farm
This report details the findings of our fifth inspection of Wooroloo Prison Farm which took place in May 2015.
Tabled in ParliamentThis report details the findings of our fifth inspection of Wooroloo Prison Farm which took place in May 2015.
Tabled in ParliamentBoronia Pre-release Centre for Women is Western Australia’s only dedicated minimum security facility for women. It opened in 2004 and is located only eight kilometres from the Perth city centre. At the time of the inspection in March 2015 there were 91 women held at Boronia.
Tabled in ParliamentAs the only male maximum-security facility outside the metropolitan area, Albany Regional Prison acts as an ‘overflow’ facility for Perth’s two maximum-security male prisons and provides an additional management option for the male maximum-security estate.
Tabled in ParliamentThe fifth inspection of Bunbury Regional Prison took place in November 2014. The prison comprises two distinct facilities that are jointly administered but perform different roles and function largely independently.
Tabled in ParliamentWest Kimberley Regional Prison opened in November 2012 as a facility purpose built to better meet the needs of local Aboriginal Prisoners.
Tabled in ParliamentThe first independent review of work camps in Western Australia found new purpose built camps replacing older infrastructure, but occupancy at remote sites was low.
Tabled in ParliamentThis was first inspection of Wandoo Reintegration Facility, a minimum-security prison for males aged 18 to 24 and Western Australia’s second privately operated prison.
Tabled in ParliamentThis report follows the fifth inspection of Bandyup Women’s Prison. Years of inaction and a lack of investment have taken a toll on Bandyup, leading the Inspector to describe it as ‘the hardest and most neglected prison in the state’.
Tabled in ParliamentThis report examines women’s imprisonment in Western Australia and the role of Greenough Regional Prison in accommodating women. Greenough has always held female prisoners but severe overcrowding at Bandyup it has meant Greenough now serves a much greater role.
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