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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 2 Hansard (6 March) . . Page.. 797 ..

b) For the same period of time the average daily number of remandees accommodated at Quamby was:

3 in November 2002

2 in December 2002

3 in January 2003

8 in February 2003

c) For the same period of time the average daily number of remandees accommodated at the Symonston Temporary Remand Centre was:

13 in November 2002

15 in December 2002

16 in January 2003

19 in February 2003

(2)

In the four-month period from November 2002 to February 2003, in total 41 sentenced prisoners were transferred interstate. The number of sentenced prisoners transferred interstate in each month was:

13 in November 2002 (8 non-indigenous males, 3 indigenous males, 2 non-indigenous females)

16 in December 2002 (13 non-indigenous males, 3 indigenous males)

2 in January 2003 (both non-indigenous males)

10 in February 2003 (all non-indigenous males)

In addition, 3 remandees were transferred interstate prior to the opening of the Symonston Temporary Remand Centre on 14 November 2002. All three were non-indigenous males. No remandees have been transferred to NSW since then.

(3)

The cost of transporting prisoners interstate in the four-month period from November 2002 to February 2003 was:

$ 12,327 in November 2002 (between 1 November and 18 November 2002, 27 remandees were transported to and from NSW prisons. This practice ended when the Symonston Temporary Remand Centre was opened.)

$ 6,495 in December 2002

$ 3,858 in January 2003

$ 6,505 in February 2003

(4)

The cost of transporting detainees in the ACT in the four-month period from

November 2002 to February 2003 was:

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