Question NW3582 to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
03 November 2017 - NW3582
Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
What number of correctional services officers received specialised training in (a) handling mental health inmates and/or (b) crisis management (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2017?
Reply:
a) No training was conducted for officials to handle mental health inmates to date.
b) Special training in handling crisis management – the training was conducted as follows:
(i) Emergency Support Teams officials were trained in 2014/15
79 Emergency Support Teams officials were trained in 2015/16
270 Emergency Support Teams officials were trained in 2016/17
(ii) 59 Emergency Support Teams officials are currently undergoing training 2017/18 (The training commenced on 23 October and will end 24 November 2017)