Noongar justice advocate and senate candidate Megan Krakouer has called for an independent administrator to manage WA's notorious Hakea Prison.

Ms Krakouer, Australia's Voice lead senate candidate in WA, made the call in the wake of the latest report by Inspector of Custodial Services Eamon Ryan being made public on Thursday.

Mr Ryan said conditions observed during the May 2024 inspection were of such concern that he formed a view that prisoners at Hakea were being treated in a manner that was cruel, inhuman, or degrading.

The Inspector noted that while he issued a Show Cause Notice to the Director General of the Department of Justice on 27 May last year, which was referred to the Minister for Corrective Services, and both the Department and Minister "reiterated a commitment" to addressing the issues identified, his office's "ongoing monitoring at Hakea suggests that, with a few exceptions, conditions have not improved significantly since our inspection in May 2024".

A follow-up inspection report will be prepared considering findings from an unannounced night visit to Hakea conducted in February 2025 and an announced day visit conducted last month.

Ms Krakouer told National Indigenous Times the WA state government should immediately appoint a fully independent administrator to manage the prison.

"All Western Australians should be deeply ashamed of the cruel, degrading and inhumane treatment of inmates at Hakea," she said.

"Prisons are supposed to rehabilitate prisoners, not drive them into further into the ground and toward crime, so on top of being cruel, the state is also wasting enormous amounts of money.

"We expect results from our taxes, and with corrections, that means rehabilitation not cruelty. So, just like when a company underperforms in the private sector, the government should immediately appoint an independent and competent administrator to take over."

Ms Krakouer also suggested the federal government "should step in and take over" if the state government fails to act.

"How embarrassing this is for all of Australia on the international stage," Ms Krakouer said.

"The prisons population in this state is disproportionately First Nations, so it could easily be said that what this amounts to is systemic racism."

The Department announced on Thursday it had established a multidisciplinary taskforce to address Hakea's many problems, and that a long-term infrastructure plan is being developed to meet current and future population demands.