The Department of Justice has refuted a claim from the Prison Officers Union that Wooroloo Prison was being run by criminal elements after bikies there were permitted to watch a 2.30am soccer match.

Department of Justice director general Dr Adam Tomison said a front page story in The West Australian, which suggested a group of six inmates at a minimum security prison were granted permission to have late-night party to watch the Champions League final in May, was off the mark.

"These prisoners are at minimum security facility, so they've been sentenced to time in jail and earnt privileges and been reassessed as a minimum security prisoner, because they've done the right thing," he told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings.

The Department of Justice has refuted a claim from the Prison Officers Union that Wooroloo Prison was being run by criminal elements after bikies there were permitted to watch a 2.30am soccer match.
Department of Justice director general Dr Adam Tomison said a front page story in The West Australian, which suggested a group of six inmates at a minimum security prison were granted permission to have late-night party to watch the Champions League final in May, was off the mark.
"These prisoners are at minimum security facility, so they've been sentenced to time in jail and earnt privileges and been reassessed as a minimum security prisoner, because they've done the right thing," he told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings.

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