Legislative Council - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2008-09-10 Daily Xml

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MOBILONG CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

The Hon. S.G. WADE (15:25): Does the facility provide, therefore, for double cells with the capacity for more than one prisoner?

The Hon. CARMEL ZOLLO (Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister for Gambling, Minister Assisting the Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (15:26): I have already answered that. I have said that we will have the option—

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. CARMEL ZOLLO: No, of course they are not going to be the same size if we take up the option to have a 20 per cent expansion, or a doubling up.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. CARMEL ZOLLO: Those cells in respect of which we could require the option to double up will be larger.