This WA parliamentary question addresses the schooling arrangements for young offenders placed in the Ngurrawaana community under juvenile justice orders. The response indicates a lack of adequate support services and a subsequent decision by the magistrate to cease bailing children to the community.

AnsweredQoN 697Legislative Council
Asked
25 June 2009
Portfolio
Education

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young offenders — placement at ngurrawaana
In recent months some young offenders have been sent to the Ngurrawaana community under juvenile justice orders with conditions on their parole stipulating that they must attend school. How will these young people based at the community by order be schooled? Hon PETER COLLIER

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I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. On behalf of the Minister for Education, I provide the following response — I have been informed that the Pilbara District Education Office staff recently met with the local magistrate, the Department of Corrective Services and Juvenile Justice Prisons WA to discuss the placement of young offenders at Ngurrawaana. The community has limited services to support the health and wellbeing of these offenders, including provision of special education programs. The magistrate indicated that he would no longer be bailing children to Ngurrawaana.
Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. On behalf of the Minister for Education, I provide the following response — I have been informed that the Pilbara District Education Office staff recently met with the local magistrate, the Department of Corrective Services and Juvenile Justice Prisons WA to discuss the placement of young offenders at Ngurrawaana. The community has limited services to support the health and wellbeing of these offenders, including provision of special education programs. The magistrate indicated that he would no longer be bailing children to Ngurrawaana.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. On behalf of the Minister for Education, I provide the following response — I have been informed that the Pilbara District Education Office staff recently met with the local magistrate, the Department of Corrective Services and Juvenile Justice Prisons WA to discuss the placement of young offenders at Ngurrawaana. The community has limited services to support the health and wellbeing of these offenders, including provision of special education programs. The magistrate indicated that he would no longer be bailing children to Ngurrawaana.
I have been informed that the Pilbara District Education Office staff recently met with the local magistrate, the Department of Corrective Services and Juvenile Justice Prisons WA to discuss the placement of young offenders at Ngurrawaana. The community has limited services to support the health and wellbeing of these offenders, including provision of special education programs. The magistrate indicated that he would no longer be bailing children to Ngurrawaana.

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