❓ Hon. Sally Talbot asks about the use of physical restraint on young offenders in detention, requesting data on medical examinations, incident reports, facility locations, and detainee ages. The Minister responds that the data is not easily retrievable and would require significant manual effort.
AnsweredQoN 1002Legislative Council
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CORRECTIVE SERVICES — YOUNG OFFENDERS —
PHYSICAL RESTRAINT
1002. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the Attorney General
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to regulation 72 of the
Young Offenders Regulations, which relates to section 11C(2) of the Young Offenders
Act 1994.
(1) How many
times in 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date were medical examinations conducted on
detainees on whom prescribed force or other similar physical restraint had been
used?
(2) How many
written reports of incidents involving the use of prescribed force or other
similar physical restraint were provided to the superintendent in each of these
years?
(3) For each
incident referred to in (1) and (2), in which facility did the use of force
occur and what was the age of the detainee?
PHYSICAL RESTRAINT
1002. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the Attorney General
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to regulation 72 of the
Young Offenders Regulations, which relates to section 11C(2) of the Young Offenders
Act 1994.
(1) How many
times in 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date were medical examinations conducted on
detainees on whom prescribed force or other similar physical restraint had been
used?
(2) How many
written reports of incidents involving the use of prescribed force or other
similar physical restraint were provided to the superintendent in each of these
years?
(3) For each
incident referred to in (1) and (2), in which facility did the use of force
occur and what was the age of the detainee?
AnswerView source ↗
On
behalf of the Minister for Corrective Services, I thank the honourable member
for some notice of the question. The Department of Corrective Services has
advised that the information requested is not recorded in a manner that is
easily retrievable and would require the significant manual retrieval of
approximately 3 000 records.
behalf of the Minister for Corrective Services, I thank the honourable member
for some notice of the question. The Department of Corrective Services has
advised that the information requested is not recorded in a manner that is
easily retrievable and would require the significant manual retrieval of
approximately 3 000 records.
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