Prisons

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:26): My question is for the Minister for Correctional Services. Which prisons are considered high-security prisons?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:27): I thank the honourable member for her question. From memory, we have nine prisons in the state of South Australia, one of which is a private prison, being the Mount Gambier Prison, and the remaining eight, I am advised, are under the control of the Department for Correctional Services. Of those, in respect of their different security settings, it is not as simple as saying, 'This prison has this security rating and this prison has this security rating,' because there are some facilities that do vary.

Nevertheless, the Adelaide Remand Centre and also the Yatala Labour Prison are the two principal maximum security prison facilities within the state and then the remainder of the other facilities graduate down from there, is my advice.