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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 9 Hansard (2 September) . . Page.. 2882 ..

(6) (a) 69 prisoners have less than 12 months to serve.

(b) 27 prisoners have 12 months to 2 years to serve.

(c) 17 prisoners have 2 to 5 years to serve.

(d) 12 prisoners have greater than 5 years to serve.

(7) There are 25 prisoners in protective accommodation.

(a) Their most serious offence is follows;

Sexual intercourse w/o consent (x 3)

Incest

Act indecent with under 16 yrs

Commit act of indecency

Maliciously inflict grievous bodily harm

Threaten life

Burglary

Theft

Theft/burglary/breach parole condition

Theft/aggravated burglary/receive stolen property

Trespass with intent to steal

Theft/damage of property/drive in menacing manner

Burglary/ride known stolen motor vehicle/theft

Supply prohibited drug/supply traffickable qty drug

Breach parole order/supply and sell restricted substance

Redetermination

Breach of recognizance

(b) NSW Corrective Services was not able to provide the reason that each ACT prisoner was in protective accommodation in June of this year within the existing time frame. However, it did supply fairly broad information pertaining to the reasons behind the allocation of protective accommodation. Any prisoner may apply and receive protective accommodation. Reasons for the application of protective accommodation vary widely, one of the most common being the owing of drug money. A prisoner's protective accommodation status is reviewed every three months. The Governor of a correctional facility may also choose to place a prisoner into protective accommodation for up to 14 days if the Governor considers a prisoner's safety is in danger.

As ACT Youth Justice Services has recently been amalgamated with ACT Corrective Services, information regarding young persons serving committal sentences in NSW is included here for your information.

(2) They are both male and under 18.

(3) They are both being held in medium security facilities.

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