Overview
- The Department of Corrective Services launched a formal inquiry after a prison staff member discovered multiple guinea pig carcasses in a shed outside the Wooroloo compound.
- Corrective Services Commissioner Brad Royce ordered the suspension of all Section 95 community work programs and promised a review of supervision protocols for day-release inmates.
- WA’s flagship Section 95 scheme allows minimum-security prisoners to engage in supervised community service as part of rehabilitation and reintegration efforts.
- Premier Roger Cook described the allegations as appalling and urged swift accountability for any breaches of release conditions.
- Officials are examining cultural considerations around guinea pig consumption alongside animal welfare safeguards in prisoner work placements at shelters.