House of Assembly: Wednesday, October 29, 2014

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Prisoner Numbers

Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (17:46): Supplementary: while the minister is doing that perhaps he can answer this now. Has staffing at the prerelease centre seen extraordinary levels of staff overtime being required due to a shortage of qualified people relative to prisoner numbers?

The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (17:47): I thank the honourable member for the question. Part of that question presupposes an answer to the first question, so I will leave that part given that I did not give an answer to that question. The second part was that in terms of the day-to-day operations I will need to get details. I don't check—

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. A. PICCOLO: In your words. I don't get the daily overtime rates from the CEO, so I will confirm those details for you.