PRISON CONDITIONS

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (14:41): My question is to the Minister for Correctional Services. When did the government, including the former corrections minister, first become aware of the circumstances facing Jacqui, a female prisoner left handcuffed to a bed for 20 hours a day between July 2011 and April 2012? The Minister for Correctional Services advised that she became aware of this issue in October of last year just after taking over the portfolio from former minister Koutsantonis.

The SPEAKER: It seems you have answered the question yourself, member for Morphett. Minister.

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:42): I am happy to take that question on notice and bring an answer back to the house, because I have not delved into past files. Let me be really clear about what I told the house yesterday. In October, I became aware that a female prisoner was separated. So, if you are talking about the circumstances of the regime of keeping her safe when she was in the health unit, that was not in October of last year. In October of last year, a notification of separation came to me as a result of her causing herself considerable harm.