Recruitment and retention of Aboriginal staff in the Department of Corrective Services
The review examines the Department of Corrective Service’s effectiveness in attracting, employing and retaining Aboriginal people.
Tabled in Parliament
Fine defaulters in the Western Australia prison system
The review examines the trends in the number of fine default-only receptions over the last decade to the Western Australian prison system.
Tabled in Parliament
Western Australia’s rapidly increasing remand population
This review examines the increasing number and changing trends of people remanded into custody since mid-2009.
Tabled in Parliament
Thermal conditions of prison cells
Escapes and attempted escapes from corrections in Western Australia
This review provides an overview of the circumstances in which persons escaped or attempted to escape from legal custody from 2003.
Tabled in Parliament
Recidivism rates and the impact of treatment programs
This review explores the rate released prisoners return to prison and the impact of prison treatment programs.
Tabled in Parliament
Prisoner and staff perceptions of WA custodial facilities from 2010-2012
This report summarises responses from pre-inspection surveys carried out during the last cycle of inspections in 2010-2012.
Assaults on staff in Western Australian prisons
This review examined various factors relating to staff assaults, common triggers and the departmental policies for reporting assault incidents.
Tabled in Parliament
Mentally impaired accused on ‘custody orders’: Not guilty, but incarcerated indefinitely
This review examines the plight of those found to be of unsound mind or unfit to stand trial who are trapped in WA’s prison system.
Tabled in Parliament
Funeral attendances by incarcerated people in Western Australia
The review examined the policies and practices for allowing prisoners and detainees to attend funerals in WA. Financial management of this service is also canvassed.
Tabled in Parliament