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House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
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PRISONERS

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen) (15:17): Will the Minister for Correctional Services advise the house when he was advised that the incident at a family restaurant on 27 November 2008 involved departmental officers, not private contractors, moving a prisoner? On Thursday 5 March 2009, the minister responded to my question in relation to an incident, describing how two officers accompanied a handcuffed prisoner into a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet on Glen Osmond Road at lunchtime on 27 November. Other customers on the premises at the time included a family with children and two groups of schoolchildren.

In his answer, the minister undertook to 'get a detailed report for the member'. He said, 'When I get a more detailed answer, I will get back to the house as quickly as I can.' Later that day—that is, 5 March—the minister issued a news release which highlighted that prisoner movement contracts were outsourced by the former government and in which he implied that private sector contractors were involved. Leaked information received by the opposition indicates that the officers involved were departmental officers. To date, the minister has not provided any more information to the house.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister for Gambling, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers, Minister Assisting the Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (15:18): The key word there is 'implied'. The opposition is trying to say that I issued a press release stating that it was the outsourced officers who took the prisoner into the KFC. To the best of my recollection, I never said that. I know that the opposition is very keen on this, but the truth is this: is it acceptable to take prisoners into a KFC? No, it is not. We are seeking Crown advice, and we will get back to the house with a detailed answer on what we are going to do about this.

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