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9720 - Corrections - INMATES WITH A DISABILITY

Higginson, Sue to the Minister for Families and Communities, and Minister for Disability Services representing the Minister for Corrections
INMATES WITH A DISABILITY

(1) How many people in Correctional Facilities are there:

(a) With cognitive impairments or disabilities without physical disabilities?

(b) With both cognitive impairments or disabilities and physical disabilities?

(c) Receiving National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funding for a cognitive impairment or disability?

(d) Receiving NDIS funding for a physical disability?

(2) How many women in Correctional Facilities are there:

(a) With cognitive impairments or disabilities without physical disabilities?

(b) With both cognitive impairments or disabilities and physical disabilities?

(c) Receiving NDIS funding for a cognitive impairment or disability?

(d) Receiving NDIS funding for a physical disability?

(3) How many Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People in Correctional Facilities are there:

(a) With cognitive impairments or disabilities without physical disabilities?

(b) With both cognitive impairments or disabilities and physical disabilities?

(c) Receiving NDIS funding for a cognitive impairment or disability?

(d) Receiving NDIS funding for a physical disability?

(4) How many Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander women in Correctional Facilities are there:

(a) With cognitive impairments or disabilities without physical disabilities?

(b) With both cognitive impairments or disabilities and physical disabilities?

(c) Receiving NDIS funding for a cognitive impairment or disability?

(d) Receiving NDIS funding for a physical disability?
Answer -
INMATES WITH A DISABILITY

(1)

(a) 1066.

(b) 81.

(c) 321.

(d) 31.

(2)

(a) 51.

(b) 16.

(c) 21.

(d) 2.

(3)

(a) 544.

(b) 30.

(c) 184.

(d) 11.

(4) 

(a) 28.

(b) 11.

(c) 13.

(d) 1.

Question asked on 21 November 2022 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 873
Answer received on 12 December 2022 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 888

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