❓ Mr Zempilas questions Corrective Services on caseloads for high-risk offenders, instances of electronic monitoring device tampering, and the reliance on NDIS support for community safety, receiving largely evasive or general answers.
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I refer to Senior Community Corrections Officers (CCO's) and High Risk Serious Offenders in WA, and I ask:(a) What are the current caseload ratios for CCOs managing high-risk offenders today;(b) Following a 2019 incident where an offender (Leon Patrick) was unmonitored for 4.5 hours after cutting off his GPS device, how many instances of intentional device tampering or "Home Unit Tampers" have been recorded by the Community Offender Monitoring Unit in the last 24 months; and(c) Given NDIS support workers are for disability assistance and are not empowered to intervene during a breach or immediate threat, how are Corrective Services ensuring that community safety is not being compromised by a reliance on NDIS wraparound supports as the critical factor for release?
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Answered
9 June 2026
Responded by
Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
9 days
The Department of Justice advises:
a) High Risk Serious Offenders are managed through a combination of a specialist unit and community corrections teams across metropolitan and regional locations. Caseload allocations are determined based on the assessed risk, complexity and supervision requirements of each offender, together with overall workload capacity.
As a result, the number of High Risk Serious Offenders managed by individual officers varies at any given time. Accordingly, it is not possible to provide a single current caseload ratio.
b) Between the period 1 May 2024 and 30 April 2026, 208 persons on an Adult Community Corrections Order of any type, were responsible for 224 unlawful removals of the electronic monitoring device.
c) The Department of Justice, Corrective Services does not rely on NDIS supports to manage risk or ensure community safety. Community safety is managed through legislated supervision arrangements, including conditions imposed by the relevant authority, active case management by Community Corrections Officers and the use of compliance and breach powers where required.
a) High Risk Serious Offenders are managed through a combination of a specialist unit and community corrections teams across metropolitan and regional locations. Caseload allocations are determined based on the assessed risk, complexity and supervision requirements of each offender, together with overall workload capacity.
As a result, the number of High Risk Serious Offenders managed by individual officers varies at any given time. Accordingly, it is not possible to provide a single current caseload ratio.
b) Between the period 1 May 2024 and 30 April 2026, 208 persons on an Adult Community Corrections Order of any type, were responsible for 224 unlawful removals of the electronic monitoring device.
c) The Department of Justice, Corrective Services does not rely on NDIS supports to manage risk or ensure community safety. Community safety is managed through legislated supervision arrangements, including conditions imposed by the relevant authority, active case management by Community Corrections Officers and the use of compliance and breach powers where required.
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