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Mr BOB DEBUS: I wish to provide extra information in response to a question asked of the Premier today concerning Corrective Services. Opposition members have an extraordinary record of asking ridiculous questions about the Department of Corrective Services and its operation. About once every fortnight they put forward a completely absurd and incorrect claim. Today I am advised by the Commissioner of Corrective Services, Ron Woodham, that Rodney Adler did not receive any preferential treatment when he arrived at, or whilst at, the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre [MRRC]. Rodney Adler was received and screened at the MRRC on 14 April 2005 in an entirely normal way. Rodney Adler spent his first night in custody without a television. The Governor was in the centre when Adler arrived and he walked past an interviewing room where the Governor asked Adler if he wanted protection. Adler replied that he did not want protection. That question was not an uncommon question for a Governor to ask, but merely a responsible one. Adler is currently at Long Bay baking bread, which is hardly preferential treatment.
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