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Report into inadequate use of force reporting at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison on 27 March 2017 and Bunbury Regional Prison on 14 November 2016

Report · Corruption and Crime Commission (WA CCC) · Western Australia · Dated

Findings, opinions and statements
1
Recommendations
1
Report length
28 pages

Official source

Report into inadequate use of force reporting at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison on 27 March 2017 and Bunbury Regional Prison on 14 November 2016

PDF · 28 pages · 1.2 MB · ccc.wa.gov.au

Summary

The report's own summary: INTRODUCTION, pages 4 to 5

Generated summary: written by an AI model from the report text and checked against the cited pages.

  • The Corruption and Crime Commission investigated how prison staff reported and reviewed a senior officer’s use of force at Eastern Goldfields and Bunbury regional prisons.

    Report, page 4

  • It examined staff accounts, CCTV recordings, incident reports and the department’s training and operational requirements.

    Report, page 6

  • The Commission identified reporting failures and risks of serious misconduct but did not form an opinion of serious misconduct.

    Report, page 26 · Report, page 27

  • Its six recommendations address confidential reporting, independent review, officer training, notification procedures and safeguards against collusion in incident reports.

    Report, page 27 · Report, page 28

Findings, opinions and statements 1

Allegations are not findings. A commission's finding or opinion of corrupt conduct or misconduct is not a finding that a person is guilty of a criminal offence, and the commissions say so in their reports.

  1. no opinion of serious misconduct

    No finding

    At the conclusion of the investigation, the Commission does not form an opinion of serious misconduct.

    Report, page 27

Recommendations 1

  1. Recommendation

    In order to reduce the likelihood of serious misconduct occurring at DoJ in relation to reporting use of force incidents, the Commission recommends the Superintendents and senior management teams at prisons: a) Support and regularly promote awareness of confidential mechanisms for staff to report potential criminal activity and misconduct concerning officers using force against prisoners.

    Report, page 27

Published responses

No published response was found.

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