1056. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services: I refer to the provision of health screening for older prisoners, and I ask:
(a) how many prisoners 50 years and over, are currently in Western Australian prisons;
(b) of the prisoners in (a), how many are:
(i) sentenced; and
(ii) unsentenced;
(c) of the prisoners in (b)(i), how many are serving sentences of 12 months or longer;
(d) are prisoners 50 years and over, provided access to bowel screening;
(e) if yes to (d), how many prisoners were screened for bowel cancer in 2017; and
(f) if no to (d), why not?
Hon Stephen Dawson replied:
The Department of Justice advises:
(a) 816.
(b) (i) 678 sentenced prisoners
(ii) 138 unsentenced prisoners.
(c) 632.
(d) Yes.
(e) 54.