Corrective Services

1465. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

I refer to the creation of dedicated alcohol and drug rehabilitation prisons in Western Australia, and to the results of a study indicating that more than 60 per cent of adults entering prison had used ice or speed in the previous 12 months, and I ask:

(a)  will prisoners need to be convicted of drug or alcohol-related offences in order to be eligible for placement at a dedicated drug and alcohol rehabilitation prison; and

1461. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

I refer to the $400,000 which has been allocated in 2018-19 for reform of prison health, and the transfer of prison health services to the Department of Health, and I ask:

(a)  how it is anticipated this money will be used;

(b)  has a preferred health delivery model been identified;

(c)  if yes to (b), please describe the preferred model;