Page 1902 - Week 06 - Thursday, 5 June 2014
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Mr Rattenbury: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
1. ACT Corrective Services does not allocate a specific separate budget for detainee wages.
However, I can report the year-to-date expenditure: at 20 May 2014 ACT Corrective Services has expended $436,422.97 on detainee employment, education, programs and unemployment payments.
2. The jobs available to detainees in the AMC are split into two main categories, general services and grounds maintenance, with the bulk of those within the general services category. Within those categories there are sub-categories, for instance grounds maintenance has jobs such as labourer or mower. In general services, jobs include cleaner and laundry. Some cleaner jobs are specific to certain accommodation areas. The list of jobs is provided at Attachment A.
Detainees can also progress through employment levels 1 to 3, with each providing greater responsibility and a higher level of detainee employment pay.
In addition to these jobs, low-risk detainees approaching release housed in the Transitional Release Centre may undertake paid employment or work experience as part of the Work Release Program.
3. (a) None of the jobs available inside the AMC are classified as an apprenticeship or traineeship.
The availability of apprenticeships or traineeships for current detainees participating in the Work Release Program is dependent on the nature of employment and at the discretion of the employer.
(b) Detainees receive remuneration for participating in approved programs, education and employment while detained at the AMC.
Detainees are remunerated for a minimum 30 hours per week and a maximum of 42 hours per week. The payments per hour by category as set out in the Prisoner Remuneration Policy are as follows:
Category Amount Notes
Non worker Nil Sentenced detainees in this category have declared they do not wish to work (or have been dismissed). This classification is reviewed on a weekly basis
Unemployment $0.50 This relates to either sentenced detainees prepared to work but no work is available or non-working remand detainees
Level 1 $0.83 Lowest class of work or level of responsibility
Level 2 $1.17 Intermediate class of work or level of responsibility
Level 3 $1.67 Highest class of work or level of responsibility
Work Release Program participants are paid by their employer according to award conditions.
(c) No penalty rates are paid for in-gaol jobs. Participants in the Work Release Program are paid according to award conditions, including penalty rates if/when applicable.
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