184. Hon ALISON XAMON to the Leader of the House representing the Attorney General:
I refer to the Attorney General’s brief ministerial statement about the custody notification service and specifically to the statement that “the CNS contacted 57 per cent of Aboriginal people the subject of custody notifications”.
Greens spokesperson for Corrective Services Hon Alison Xamon MLC has reiterated her call to the Government to consider releasing low-risk prisoners from WA prisons, in a bid to save lives as the COVID-19 crisis worsens.
Ms Xamon said the Minister was effectively sentencing some prisoners to death by refusing to consider some early releases – infection spread-reduction measures which are already underway in New South Wales.
