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ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL
TERRITORY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 135
Attorney-General - Visits to
Penal Institutions
MR HUMPHRIES - Asked the Attorney General upon notice on 14 May 1992:
(1) What prisons, remand centres and similar institutions has the- Attorney General visited since he became Attorney General in June last year.
(2) Has the Attorney General visited the Borallon Correctional Centre in Queensland or the Wacol Remand and Reception Centre in Brisbane; if not, will the Attorney General consider visiting these institutions.
MR CONNOLLY - The answer to the members question is as follows:
(1) Since becoming Attorney General I have inspected Belconnen Remand Centre, the Quamby Centre and Long Bay Jail in New South Wales. My inspection of Long Bay Jail occurred at the time when I was in Sydney for a Ministerial Council Meeting, and in fact took place in my own time on a Saturday.
(2) I have not visited either Borallon Correctional Centre in Queensland or the Wacol Remand and Reception Centre in Brisbane but would consider doing so if my ministerial duties took me to that area for some other reason. I am not prepared to make a specific trip to Queensland for the express purpose of visiting either of these centres and have no intention of pursuing a soiree in the sun during Canberras winter.
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