3924 (2024). Dr Tracey McLellan to the Minister of Corrections

3924 (2024). Dr Tracey McLellan to the Minister of Corrections: How many sentenced prisoners currently (as of 18 March 2024), if any, have not been assigned a case manager, by prison facility?

Hon Mark Mitchell: I am advised that Corrections acknowledges the importance of working with people from their arrival into prison to ensure their needs are addressed and their rehabilitation and reintegration is supported. Case Managers work directly with people in prison to assess their needs and identify specific areas of focus and ensure their time in prison is used to their benefit. While Corrections aims to allocate a Case Manager to people within ten working days of their arrival into prison, like many other agencies and businesses, Corrections has experienced a number of staffing challenges in recent years. Corrections’ recruitment campaign is ongoing and I have been assured that hiring and training frontline staff, including case managers, who manage approximately 9,500 people in prison, will remain a top priority for Corrections. I refer the member to the attached table which provides the number of sentenced prisoners who do not have a case manager assigned to them, as at 18 March 2024, broken down by prison. The figures in the attached table also include people who have been in prison for fewer than 10 days, and those that have previously had a Case Manager allocated to them, but do not have one allocated to them as at 18 March 2024.