Self-care units were added in 1992 that allowed some prisoners to do their own cooking and cleaning.

Offenders are expected to work or study, and can access the prison's education and employment facilities.

Additionally sex offender Paul Stephen Keating held a female art tutor hostage for over six hours and during this time sexually assaulted her.

Not long after these incidents, the State Government announced that Bunbury would be the first regional prison to have personal duress alarms for staff.

[3] In July 2005, then Justice Minister John D'Orazio announced a $9.6million upgrade of Bunbury Regional Prison to improve its security and to improve offender rehabilitation.