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ATTORNEY GENERAL

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 133

Prisoners in Interstate Institutions

Mr Humphries - asked the Attorney General

(1) How many ACT citizens are currently in detention in either the ACT or interstate.

(2) In what prisons, remand centres or other institutions are these citizens held.

(3) What measures are taken by the Territory Government to ensure that ACT prisoners held interstate are receiving appropriate rehabilitative educational and training programs.

(4) What constraints are placed on the Territory Governments ability to stipulate the conditions in which ACT prisoners in interstate institutions are detained.

(5) What priority is given by the Attorney General to the establishment of prison facilities in the Territory.

Mr Connolly - the answer to the members question is as follows:

(1) As at 5 May 1992 there were 88 prisoners convicted of

offences against ACT Laws in NSW gaols. There are a

further 21 persons held on remand in the ACT. We have no

information on those serving prison sentences for

offences committed in other jurisdictions who were

residents of the ACT when convicted.

(2) The 21 persons on remand in the ACT are held in the Belconnen Remand Centre. The location of the 88 prisoners in NSW is shown in the attached list.

(3) ACT Corrective Services officers maintain liaison with NSW prison authorities to ensure that ACT prisoners have access to available rehabilitative, educational and training programs. A new agreement is being negotiated which will include clauses to ensure that ACT prisoners have access to the programs available to NSW prisoners.

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