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2018 Inspection of Albany Regional Prison REPORT 118 2018 INSPECTION OF ALBANY REGIONAL PRISON 2018 INSPECTION OF ALBANY REGIONAL PRISON Inspection of prisons, court custody centres, prescribed lock-ups, 2018 INSPECTION OF juvenile detention centres, and review of custodial services in Western Australia ALBANY REGIONAL PriSON 118 Level 5, Albert Facey House, 469 Wellington Street Perth, Western Australia, Australia 6000 JUNE 2018 Telephone: +61 8 6551 4200 Facsimile: +61 8 6551 4216 JUNE 2018 Independent oversight that contributes to a more www.oics.wa.gov.au accountable public sector 2018 Inspection of Albany Regional Prison Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services Level 5, Albert Facey House 469 Wellington Street Perth WA 6000 www.oics.wa.gov.au June 2018 ISSN 1445-3134 (Print) ISSN 2204-4140 (Electronic) This report is available on the Office’s website and will be made available, upon request, in alternate formats. This document uses environmentally friendly paper, comprising 50% recycled & 50% totally chlorine free plantation pulp. Contents INSPECTOR’S OVERVIEW Overall Albany is doing well but having doubled its population is under pressure .......... iii SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................v FACT PAGE .......................................................................................................................xiv 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Role of Albany Regional Prison .......................................................................................1 1.2 Population growth ...........................................................................................................1 1.3 Prisoner demography ......................................................................................................2 1.4 Leadership ........................................................................................................................3 2 LIFE AT ALBANY ........................................................................................................ 5 2.1 Reception and property ..................................................................................................5 2.2 Accommodation ...............................................................................................................7 2.3 Food, clothing, bedding ................................................................................................10 2.4 Visits and communication ............................................................................................14 2.5 The canteen ....................................................................................................................17 2.6 Environmental health ....................................................................................................18 3 CARE AND SUPPORT .............................................................................................. 20 3.1 Orientation .....................................................................................................................20 3.2 Officer care and treatment ...........................................................................................20 3.3 Support services ............................................................................................................22 3.4 Prison Counselling Service ...........................................................................................24 3.5 Mental health .................................................................................................................25 3.6 Protection prisoners .....................................................................................................26 3.7 Women ............................................................................................................................29 3.8 Remandees .....................................................................................................................30 3.9 Foreign nationals ...........................................................................................................32 3.10 Long termers ..................................................................................................................33 3.11 Complaints and grievances ..........................................................................................33 4 HEALTH CARE ......................................................................................................... 35 4.1 The medical centre ........................................................................................................35 4.2 Health staff .....................................................................................................................36 4.3 Health in context ............................................................................................................37 4.4 Dental services ...............................................................................................................38 4.5 Treating Hepatitis C .......................................................................................................39 4.6 Prisoner feedback ..........................................................................................................39 2018 INSPECTION OF ALBANY REGIONAL PRISON i 7669 OICS Albany Report 118.indd 1 4/07/2018 5:39 PM 5 RECREATION AND REHABILITATION.......................................................................41 5.1 Recreation.......................................................................................................................41 5.2 Prisoner forum .............................................................................................................. 44 5.3 Employment and gratuities ......................................................................................... 44 5.4 Education and training ................................................................................................. 48 5.5 Assessment and casemanagement .............................................................................51 5.6 Programs .........................................................................................................................52 5.7 Voluntary programs .......................................................................................................53 5.8 Transition management and re-entry ........................................................................ 54 5.9 Post-Sentence Supervision Orders .............................................................................55 6 SECURITY AND SAFETY .......................................................................................... 56 6.1 Security and the prison environment .........................................................................56 6.2 Dynamic security and intel ...........................................................................................56 6.3 Procedural ......................................................................................................................57 6.4 Prisoner discipline .........................................................................................................60 6.5 Emergency management ..............................................................................................65 7 RESOURCES AND SYSTEMS .................................................................................... 67 7.1 Management and planning ...........................................................................................67 7.2 Human resources...........................................................................................................69 7.3 Infrastructure .................................................................................................................70 APPENDIX 1 Table of abbreviations .............................................................................................................72 APPENDIX 2 Bibliography..............................................................................................................................74 APPENDIX 3 Responses to recommendations ...........................................................................................75 APPENDIX 4 Inspection methodology ........................................................................................................ 84 APPENDIX 5 Inspection team .......................................................................................................................85 APPENDIX 6 Key dates ...................................................................................................................................86 ii 2018 INSPECTION OF ALBANY REGIONAL PRISON 7669 OICS Albany Report 118.indd 2 4/07/2018 5:39 PM Inspector’s Overview OVERALL ALBANY IS DOING WELL BUT HAVING DOUBLED ITS POPULATION IS UNDER PRESSURE INTRODUCTION This is the report of our sixth announced inspection of Albany Regional Prison (Albany). The inspection, undertaken in February 2018, found that Albany had improved in several areas since the last inspection, and is generally doing well. However, its population had doubled since our last inspection in 2015, and was now at 200 per cent of design capacity. This had placed stress on Albany’s infrastructure and support services which had not kept pace. In addition, there had been a significant increase in the number of maximum-security prisoners
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