This month the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services will be commencing a review of the policies guiding operations undertaken following suspected transfer of bodily fluids from prisoner to prison officer. Enacted in 2020, section 46A of the Prisons Act 1981 allows for access of prisoner medical records and taking of prisoner body samples …
The Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services will be inspecting Melaleuca Women’s Prison in March 2026. This will be the fourth inspection of Melaleuca – a maximum-security remand and receival facility for adult women in the Perth metropolitan area. The previous inspection highlighted that Melaleuca was a ‘one size fits all’ prison, not specifically …
The three-yearly inspection of Regional Prison (Bunbury) will be occurring in February 2026. Bunbury is the largest regional prison in Western Australia and a mixed classification facility accommodating sentenced and remanded male prisoners. Bunbury delivers a broad range of services including prison employment, education, therapeutic programs and external work in the community. In 2023, a …
