Critical Incident Review - Greenough Regional Prison

Independent report
There was a riot at Greenough Regional Prison on July 24 2018. As a result, the Director General of the Department of Justice Dr Adam Tomison asked Ms Jan Shuard to conduct a critical incident review of matters surrounding the riot.
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The purpose of this Review was not to attribute fault to particular individuals involved in the critical incident. Rather, the terms of reference required the Review to:

  •  examine the events and circumstances surrounding the incident;
  • establish any factors that may have caused or contributed to the events;
  • examine the adequacy of the emergency management response during the incident; and
  • make recommendations for the management of offender cohorts, particularly women and other strategies to mitigate any identified system weaknesses.
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