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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
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Prisoner Support

Ms BEDFORD (Florey) (14:08): Supplementary: in particular, where a prisoner or someone about to be released is identified with mental health issues, what does your department do to make sure they are released to accommodation that is supported to prevent their reoffence?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:09): I think that is the same question that I took online before, which was about the different agencies that the government works very closely with to do that. We have a pilot program in place for the New Foundations program to help grow that as well, and we are very focused on doing that, but we work with OARS and a number of other bodies to make sure that we have facilities that are there for that.

I am very happy to take it on notice and have a conversation with the member privately and talk her through the number of options there as well. With this as well, it is a matter of working very closely with, of course, Health as well because Health have a big crossover here. If it is a mental health issue, it obviously falls into the Health portfolio also.

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