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❓ Hon Michelle Boylan asks the Minister for Corrective Services about the current custodial population in WA, broken down by facility for both adult prisoners and juvenile detainees. The Minister provides the data in tabular form.

⏳ Awaiting AnswerQoN 415Legislative Council

Asked

14 May 2026

Member

Hon Michelle Boylan

Portfolio

Corrective Services

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Prisons—Population415.Hon Michelle Boylanto the minister representing the Minister for Corrective
Services:Will the minister
please provide the current custodial population in Western Australia broken
down by facility for:(a) adult prisoners in custody; and(b) juvenile detainees in custody?Hon Matthew Swinbourn
replied:I thank the member
for some notice of the question. The following has been provided to me by the
Minister for Corrective Services. Both the answers to (a) and (b) are in
tabular form so I seek leave to have that incorporated intoHansard.Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.(a) Table
1: Prison Population as of Midnight 13 May 2026, by Facility.FacilityPopulation as of Midnight 13 May 2026Acacia Prison1,600Albany
Regional Prison462Bandyup Women's
Prison351Boronia Pre
Release Centre82Broome
Regional Prison110Bunbury
Regional Prison596Casuarina
Prison1,769Eastern
Goldfields Regional Prison345Greenough
Regional Prison335Hakea Prison1,191Karnet Prison
Farm414Melaleuca
Women's Prison229Pardelup
Prison Farm106Roebourne
Regional Prison218Wandoo
Rehabilitation Prison77West
Kimberley Regional Prison235Wooroloo
Prison Farm497(b) Table
2: Youth Detention Population as of Midnight 13 May 2026, by Facility.FacilityPopulation as of Midnight 13 May 2026Banksia Hill75Unit 180
Prisons—Population
415.Hon Michelle Boylanto the minister representing the Minister for Corrective
Services:
Will the minister
please provide the current custodial population in Western Australia broken
down by facility for:
(a) adult prisoners in custody; and
(b) juvenile detainees in custody?
Hon Matthew Swinbourn
replied:
I thank the member
for some notice of the question. The following has been provided to me by the
Minister for Corrective Services. Both the answers to (a) and (b) are in
tabular form so I seek leave to have that incorporated intoHansard.
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
(a) Table
1: Prison Population as of Midnight 13 May 2026, by Facility.
Facility
Population as of Midnight 13 May 2026
Acacia Prison
1,600
Albany
Regional Prison
462
Bandyup Women's
Prison
351
Boronia Pre
Release Centre
82
Broome
Regional Prison
110
Bunbury
Regional Prison
596
Casuarina
Prison
1,769
Eastern
Goldfields Regional Prison
345
Greenough
Regional Prison
335
Hakea Prison
1,191
Karnet Prison
Farm
414
Melaleuca
Women's Prison
229
Pardelup
Prison Farm
106
Roebourne
Regional Prison
218
Wandoo
Rehabilitation Prison
77
West
Kimberley Regional Prison
235
Wooroloo
Prison Farm
497
(b) Table
2: Youth Detention Population as of Midnight 13 May 2026, by Facility.
Facility
Population as of Midnight 13 May 2026
Banksia Hill
75
Unit 18
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