THE West Australian government has confirmed it will close Broome Regional Prison earlier than expected, but says there will be no forced redundancies.
Corrective Services Minister Murray Cowper in August pledged to keep the ageing facility fully operational until 2015 to allow for a smooth transition to the new 150-bed West Kimberley Regional Prison in Derby.
The Derby prison will become the Kimberley region's main jail when it opens in November.
In the meantime, Broome Prison will mainly house Indonesian people smugglers and also provide a short-term remand capacity to service the local court.
That remains the plan for the period from mid-2013 to the end of next year, but from 2014, the prison will operate only a remand section and house just six prisoners who will maintain the grounds, Mr Cowper says.
The plan had been revised because "projected numbers of Indonesian prisoners will be lower than originally anticipated".
"Therefore the facility will now be managed to coincide with the fill plan for West Kimberley Regional Prison," Mr Cowper said.
About 50 per cent of staff would be cut, he said, but there would be no forced redundancies.
"All staff will be consulted and provided with redeployment or other suitable options," he said.
WA Prison Officers' Union acting secretary John Walker said the news was a massive blow.
"Understandably, the workers are angry to hear the state government has reneged on the promise to keep the facility open for the next three years," Mr Walker said.
"Some of these workers have recently been transferred to Broome to deal with the current overcrowding at the facility only to now be facing the chop or to be sent back despite moving their family and lives to the region."
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