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WESTERN AUSTRALIA - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - ANNUAL REPORT, 1 JULY 1972 TO 30 JUNE 1973

NCJ Number
17519
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1973
Length
22 pages
Annotation
DATA ON OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING REPORTS FROM EACH INSTITUTION AND MAJOR SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AND A SECTION ON PRISONER STATISTICS.
Abstract
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEARLY ACTIVITIES OF THE METROPOLITAN PRISON COMPLEX, THE ROYAL COMMISSION AT FREMANTLE PRISON, THE PSYCHIATRIC DIVISION, THE TREATMENT AND TRAINING BRANCH, THE SOCIAL WORK AND WELFARE SECTION, THE PSYCHOLOGY AND RESEARCH SECTION, AND THE STAFF TRAINING SECTION ARE REPORTED. FOR THE INSTITUTIONS, INFORMATION ON INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, STAFF, EMPLOYMENT, ESCAPES, RECREATION, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL WELFARE AND AFTERCARE ARE PROVIDED. THE STATISTICAL INFORMATION INCLUDES THE DAILY POPULATION AVERAGES, DURATION OF SENTENCES, OFFENSES OF PRISONERS, BIRTHPLACES OF PRISONERS, AND THE VALUE OF PRISON INDUSTRIES OUTPUTS.