Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Prisoner Numbers Prisoner Numbers The Hon. K.L. VINCENT Legislative Council Prisoner Numbers The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (14:37): Supplementary: what percentage of the prison population is currently on remand, and do prisoners, whilst on remand, get assessed for physical and mental health illnesses and other conditions? The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS Legislative Council Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety Prisoner Numbers The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:38): I am advised that, as of 27 September this year, the remand rate was 40.7 per cent. That rate does fluctuate from time to time. I have seen the rate be marginally higher than that and marginally lower than that, but more or less in the time that I have been in this office the rate of remand has been sitting at about 40 per cent and, to the best of my knowledge, people who find themselves on remand within the prison system do have access to prison health throughout the course of their time in custody.