Report into inadequate use of force reporting at Hakea Prison on 21 March 2016
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- 28 pages
Summary
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The Corruption and Crime Commission investigated reporting after an officer used force during a prisoner’s induction at Hakea Prison.
It compared CCTV recordings with officers’ reports and examined officers privately.
The Commission found that reports obscured and minimised the force used, but was not persuaded that the officer’s wrongful reporting was necessarily corrupt.
Its five recommendations cover specialised training, accurate reporting, action on reporting failures, safeguards against collusion and confidential reporting channels.
In the body's own words
- Finding
The officers' descriptions of the force used by PO Mattar were vague and served to obscure and minimise what occurred.
- Conclusion
This practice was not conducive to ensuring IDRs were prepared independently.
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Recommendations 1
Recommendation
The Commission recommends DoJ: Consider whether specialised training is needed for officers assigned to specialised units. Conduct mandatory training for prison officers in relation to independent, accurate and factual reporting of use of force incidents that includes: i) the use which can be made of a prison officer's reports in legal, administrative, disciplinary and prison offence proceedings; ii) the consequences of colluding, making false or inaccurate statements or omitting material matters; and iii) the interrelation between reporting on use of force incidents and an officer's duties and oath under the Prisons Act. Continue to take action against prison officers who make inaccurate statements or material omissions from IDRs, or who do not submit an IDR when required to do so and maintain a register of the action taken. Update, monitor and audit systems (including TOMS), processes and physical spaces to reduce the opportunity for prison officers to collude about their IDRs or otherwise view or copy the IDRs of others. Support and regularly promote awareness of confidential mechanisms for staff to report potential criminal activity and misconduct concerning prison officers using force against prisoners.
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Report into inadequate use of force reporting at Hakea Prison on 21 March 2016
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