YATALA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

242 The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (25 March 2009). Can the Minister for Correctional Services advise how many FTE staff were employed in 2008 to deliver rehabilitation programs to prisoners at the Yatala Correctional Facility?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Energy): The Minister for Correctional Services is advised that:

Generally, staff with responsibility in the critical area of prisoner management provide a wide range of services, some of which may not be rehabilitation based.

However there are a number of staff whose role includes a significant rehabilitation component. In 2008, these included:

6 FTE’s, who in addition to delivering rehabilitation programs to prisoners also provided counselling and other intervention services including intervention management;

2.7 FTE Psychology staff of which 1.4 FTEs were involved in the delivery of the Alcohol and Drugs Medium Intensity Program;

2 FTE’s to deliver the sex offender and violence programs and one on one counselling and assessments;

2 FTE Aboriginal Liaison Officers were employed as support officers for Aboriginal prisoners; and

one FTE Education Coordinator and additional hourly paid instructors to provide specialist education activities, as required.