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Question Time

Yatala Labour Prison Incident

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:24): My question is to the Minister for Correctional Services. In the ministerial statement he has just made, he said that at approximately 11.30am on 23 September an incident occurred. When was the minister notified of this incident involving the gentleman, which was the subject of the article on page 7 of today's Advertiser, and when was that information about the incident made public?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:24): I simply refer to my ministerial statement which I think goes into substantial detail regarding what transpired at Yatala Labour Prison on Friday. In terms of my briefings regarding the incident taking place, I have had an enormous amount of conversations with the correctional services department CEO, over a range of conversations throughout the course of Friday and the weekend. I am not going to go into the detail of each one of those conversations as to when each one of them transpired but, suffice to say, my expectation upon my department is to be informed of any significant incidents as they unfold and I don't think this incident was any exception.

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