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C.S. Hare Centre

In reply to the Hon. K.L. VINCENT (23 February 2016).

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety): I am advised:

1. All the new facilities in the High Dependency Unit are disability accessible and compliant, meeting all building codes and regulations.

2. The capacity for the Department for Correctional Services to respond to complex needs prisoners has increased since 2011.

The High Dependency Unit will provide inpatient mental health assessment and treatment services (and a continuum of care), for prisoners presenting with multiple and complex needs.

The new health centre will meet all the primary health care needs of prisoners.

Port Augusta Prison now also includes a Complex Needs Unit (opened in 2012-13) to manage prisoners with complex health and mental health needs.