Women were still sleeping on mattresses on the floor in 2019. Despite the Minister for Corrective Services assuring this was not the case in Parliament on 19 February, the prison would continue this practice while there was no cap on the number of women that could be held there. In early 2015, the Department of Corrective Services stopped using the phrase "operational capacity" and starting using the phrase "total capacity", which includes beds that have been added to the design capacity on an ad hoc basis. The total capacity published on the DCS website on 23 January 2015, was 321, though the total population at Bandyup on any one day was consistently higher than this. Bunk beds have been installed in various units and were planned to be installed in most cells of the prison, including cells designed for single occupancy. The beds added in unit 4 were so close to the ceiling that the occupant is not able to sit upright in bed and a ceiling light was about away from the head of the bed. As there was no desk or chair in these units, these occupants are not able to sit down in the cell. The increase in beds came without a corresponding increase in other infrastructure, such as showering facilities, or services, such as nursing services or access to phones. While waiting for bunk beds, women had been sleeping on plastic-covered mattresses on the floor. In units 1 and 2, women that sleep on the floor would have their head next to the toilet. These units were occupied mostly by Aboriginal women. In 2016
Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility was opened, which was intended to reduce the pressure on Bandyup. ==Notable inmates==