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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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South Australian Prisons

The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (15:03): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services regarding detainees in South Australian prisons.

Leave granted.

The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD: Mr President, as you would recall, yesterday in question time I raised the matter of Mr Edwin James Hinrichsen, who, despite being a convicted murderer, was incarcerated in the low-security Cadell Training Centre. When this knowledge became public, he was subsequently, and I would argue not surprisingly, relocated to a more appropriate facility, being medium security. My question to minister is: are there any other convicted murderers being held in low-security facilities in South Australia and, if so, how many and why?

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Autism, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (15:04): As I mentioned yesterday, there is a review ongoing that has commenced into this particular matter that you raised. That review was ordered by the CE and, as you would expect, I expect to be kept updated on that and on how the review is progressing.

DCS determines where and when prisoners will be placed and, as was the case with this one, as I understand it, when you are a registered victim you are notified of transfers of prisoners. Whilst that review is being undertaken, we can take learnings from that in regard to what we could do differently. There is a formula, on my understanding, that is followed in regard to where prisoners are placed. In this instance we can learn a lot from it, and that is why this review is being undertaken.

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