Page 1580 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 14 May 2019
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Water Resources Act—
Water Resources (Water Available from Areas) Determination 2019—Disallowable Instrument DI2019-39 (LR, 11 April 2019).
Water Resources (Water Management Areas) Determination 2019—Disallowable Instrument DI2019-38 (LR, 11 April 2019).
Water Resources Environmental Flow Guidelines 2019—Disallowable Instrument DI2019-37 (LR, 11 April 2019).
Inspector of Correctional Services—critical incident review—government response
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella—Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Minister for Planning and Land Management, Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Advanced Technology and Space Industries) (3.10): Pursuant to standing order 211, I move:
That the Assembly take note of the following paper:
Report of a Review of a Critical Incident by the ACT Inspector of Correctional Services—Assault of a detainee at the Alexander Maconochie Centre on 25 October 2018—Government response.
MR RATTENBURY (Kurrajong—Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Minister for Corrections and Justice Health, Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety and Minister for Mental Health) (3.10): I am pleased to speak to the government’s response to the Inspector of Correctional Services report of a review of a critical incident: Assault of a detainee at the Alexander Maconochie Centre on 25 October 2018.
As members are aware, on 12 February 2019 the Inspector of Correctional Services tabled this report, the second review the office has completed of a critical incident. The review was conducted on the inspector’s own initiative, following the assault and subsequent hospitalisation of a detainee at the Alexander Maconochie Centre.
The report found that the incident was not reasonably foreseeable by ACT Corrective Services. It made seven findings that provide the ACT community with assurance that ACT Corrective Services responded to this critical incident efficiently. It is reassuring to hear that the Alexander Maconochie Centre’s policies and procedures for detainee classification and accommodation placement were appropriate in this instance.
ACT Corrective Services continues to strive to maintain correctional facilities where detainee and staff safety is paramount. In order to enhance detainee and staff safety at the AMC, ACT Corrective Services has bolstered its security operations and is constantly evolving its security practices to align with international best practice in corrections management. I thank the office of the Inspector of Correctional Services for this report that will continue to inform best practice in the care, treatment and safety of all detainees in the ACT’s correctional facilities.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
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