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Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
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Yatala Labour Prison Incident

The Hon. A.L. McLACHLAN (15:20): By way of supplementary question, minister, have the four correctional services officers who were involved in the incident been provided with legal counsel, and is it at the expense of the department?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:20): A number of prison officers were involved in the incident last Friday afternoon, and I have received advice from the Department for Correctional Services that some of those members (I cannot say whether it is all of them, but I suspect it is) have engaged legal representation during the course of the investigation. I understand that Tindall Gask Bentley are representing some of those prison officers.

I am not aware that any of those expenses are being met by the Department for Correctional Services. I am happy to confirm this, but I think that those prison officers are getting access to legal services with the aid of their industrial association, which in this case would be the Public Service Association.

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