WA oppn slams decision to move rapist

WA police have recaptured two violent prisoners who escaped from a security van in Perth. Source: AAP

A DANGEROUS sex offender who escaped a security van in WA should never have been allowed to travel from Perth to a regional prison to be near his family at Christmas, the state opposition says.

Rapist Cameron John Graham, 22, and 23-year-old Kelden Edward Fraser, who was on remand, escaped on Friday afternoon while being transferred from Greenough Regional Prison, in the state's Mid West region, back to Perth.

They allegedly stole a car and were captured at 1am (WST) on Sunday when police used a plane to find their bush camp in the Mullewa area, near Geraldton.

Graham was jailed in November for 11 years after breaking into a woman's home in Perth, threatening to murder her sleeping children, repeatedly raping her and forcing her to drive to an ATM and withdraw cash.

The victim and her family moved overseas to escape the trauma of the attack.

Prisoners can be temporarily transferred to another facility to maintain family relationships if it is deemed helpful to their rehabilitation.

But opposition spokesman for corrective services Paul Papalia told AAP on Sunday it was a "failure of the system" that such a dangerous offender, who had been in jail for a short time, would be allowed a transfer.

Mr Papalia wants a parliamentary inquiry and a transparent review of the government's deals with private security company Serco when parliament resumes next month.

He said Serco had had several failures in recent times that needed to be scrutinised publicly.

"Will the failures of Serco be made public?" he asked.

"There should be an open and thorough inquiry."

Mr Papalia also accused Corrective Services Minister Joe Francis of incompetence.

It was a "noble sentiment" for Corrective Services Commissioner James McMahon to take the blame on Saturday, but Mr McMahon had not been in the role for long and it was ultimately the minister's responsibility, Mr Papalia said.

Mr Francis will address media on Sunday.

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