Andersen GinnyGINNY ANDERSEN (Labour): Thank you very much Madam Chair. I'd like to speak in Part 2 of the bill on replacement regulation 63 set out in clause 34 which covers prisoners at risk of self-harm. This has been an interesting one—that if those members opposite seem so concerned about the wellbeing of how things are tracking in general it's sad that they're not voting for this in general because there are some really good changes to this bill that improve the current system. It's a sad day to see that we don't have support on that.Where it's very interesting is that what replacement regulation 63 does is it enables a far more detailed or a far more tailored package to be delivered in order to make sure we don't have an influx or an increase in those in prison. Making sure that we identify those prisoners who are at risk of self-harm whether it be through mental health or other means and provide the right safety the right security is a really good way of ensuring that the long-term issues that continued in the past to drive the prison population are able to be tracked downwards in a positive way. That's one of the issues that I haven't heard any solutions from the other side of the House. I've heard a lot of accusations and a lot of concerns raised but I haven't actually heard one solution. I think the only solution that was ever delivered in this space by those opposite was to build more prisons. As the number two country per capita for incarceration in the world I think we've got better ways to address the issue of our prison population than just by building a mega-prison.I think that in terms of what is really proposed in terms of making those adjustments relating to prisoners on self-harm the bill will require prisoners to be assessed on arrival and to have appropriate supervision and to have an individualised care plan that outlines the appropriate way to address that self-harm. As a part of that assessment one of the concerns that have been raised is that in order to maintain safety and security in prisons there are regular strip-search provisions that happen. So that is important in this bill and particularly on those clauses that I've referred to already.We heard from officials when they advised the committee that there had been recent operational improvements to the model of care provided to people who are vulnerable to self-harm where they will tailor the strip-search programme to make sure that you're not increasing the potential for self-harm to be happening in prison while still maintaining appropriate security levels. That is why you can't have one blanket approach for every single prisoner. There needs to be an individual assessment—upon mental health upon security on safety and potential for self-harm—in order for the services to meet the needs and give people the opportunity for safety and rehabilitation and it is that issue that's covered by the Supplementary Order Paper that accompanies this bill in the House.This seems to be a sensible yet safe way that will reduce the impact of strip-searching on the most vulnerable prisoners and it is issues like that—to also be assessing the appropriateness of double-bunking or not alongside that. That's what this bill provides. It provides the flexibility to assess and understand the needs of each individual one instead of having a one-size-fits-all blanket approach that has proved quite damaging in the past.As has already been raised by the Minister previously situations where there is not that care and attention provides for such unsavoury conditions that have arisen in the past where you have fight clubs where you have people being thrown off balconies. Terrible conditions have happened in situations like Serco in the past which have been highlighted because there hasn't been the attention to detail of people's individual circumstances and lives to enable rehabilitation safety and security to all be taken into account appropriately.I'm proud to be part of a Government that no longer shies away from these issues and no longer just proposes to build bigger and more scarier prisoners but instead devotes $1.9 billion in mental health and drug and addiction treatment to start rebuilding people's lives and give them opportunities in this space instead of just calling out those hollow words Soft on crime.""