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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Prisoner Early Release

Mr BATTY (Bragg) (14:29): My question is to the Minister for Correctional Services. Has Luigi Gligora been granted home detention and, if so, why, and what action is the minister taking? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Mr BATTY:TheAdvertiser reported this morning that:

A dangerous criminal who almost killed a young father in a horror crash is set to be secretly released from prison more than six months before his non-parole period expires—while his victim is gagged from speaking about it.

The Hon. R.K. PEARCE (King—Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:30): I thank the member for his question on this matter. In short, no, he absolutely has not been. When this matter was first brought to my attention yesterday, I immediately made contact with the department to reiterate how important it is to ensure that the voices of victims, sentencing remarks and prior history are taken into consideration on decisions as important as this.

As a state we have a really proud history of the lowest rate of reoffending here in our state and the programs that we have in place are in huge part contributing to this. What is absolutely a primary commitment that we need to make is to ensure that our community remains safe and has trust in that system. I am really proud to be able to report to the house that the acting CE has reviewed the matter and has made the decision to not grant home detention in this particular case.

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