House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2018-11-06 Daily Xml

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Prisoner Support

Ms BEDFORD (Florey) (14:09): Further supplementary.

The SPEAKER: Final supplementary, member for Florey.

Ms BEDFORD: So you are satisfied, minister, that your department does everything possible to ensure that people released with or without mental problems are released to secure accommodation or supported accommodation to prevent their reoffence?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:10): I thank the member again for the question. There is always more that can be done. We know and understand that. I think in every portfolio people would like to be doing more. I have every confidence that the department does a great job in making sure we can get people into the right accommodation. Can more be done? Yes. Are we looking at ways of doing things better? Yes, we are, but we have a system that we inherited and we are trying to make it the best it can possibly be.