❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice addresses the incarceration and accommodation of individuals with mental illness, particularly those found unfit to stand trial or with a history of offending, and seeks data on mental health service provision within the prison system and forensic mental health unit admissions.
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By year, since 2008, please advise, -
(1) How many people who have been found to be insane or not fit to stand trial have been incarcerated?
(2) How many people with a serious mental illness are incarcerated?
(3) Given the increase in the prison population, what has been the increase in, -
(a) mental health services to this population;
(b) prison inreach to this population;
(c) inpatient facility to this population; and
(d) community services to this population?
(4) Will there be a review of the
Mentally Impaired Accused Act
?
(5) Have senior forensic clinicians and magistrates been instrumental in recommending changes to the
Mentally Impaired Accused Act
since 1996?
(6) What accommodation is available for people with serious mental illness who have a history of criminal offence(s) resulting in incarceration?
(7) What accommodation is available for people with serious mental illness who have offended in a serious manner?
(8) How many civil patients have been admitted into the forensic mental health unit?
(1) How many people who have been found to be insane or not fit to stand trial have been incarcerated?
(2) How many people with a serious mental illness are incarcerated?
(3) Given the increase in the prison population, what has been the increase in, -
(a) mental health services to this population;
(b) prison inreach to this population;
(c) inpatient facility to this population; and
(d) community services to this population?
(4) Will there be a review of the
Mentally Impaired Accused Act
?
(5) Have senior forensic clinicians and magistrates been instrumental in recommending changes to the
Mentally Impaired Accused Act
since 1996?
(6) What accommodation is available for people with serious mental illness who have a history of criminal offence(s) resulting in incarceration?
(7) What accommodation is available for people with serious mental illness who have offended in a serious manner?
(8) How many civil patients have been admitted into the forensic mental health unit?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
23 March 2011
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
35 days
(1-3) Please redirect these questions to the Minister for Corrective Services.
(4-5) Please redirect these questions to the Attorney General.
(6-7) There are no dedicated accommodation services in the community specifically established for people with serious mental illness who have offended in a serious manner or have a history of criminal offence(s) resulting in incarceration. Individual financial circumstances and support needs will determine the level of accommodation and support services available/required.
(8) 2008: 30 admissions (from other hospitals, community or via police).
2009: 9 admissions (from other hospitals, community or via police).
10 from Plaistowe ward (Forensic beds), Graylands Hospital.
2010: 20 admissions (from other hospitals, community or via police).
19 from Plaistowe ward (Forensic beds).
2011: 2 from Plaistowe ward (Forensic beds).
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(4-5) Please redirect these questions to the Attorney General.
(6-7) There are no dedicated accommodation services in the community specifically established for people with serious mental illness who have offended in a serious manner or have a history of criminal offence(s) resulting in incarceration. Individual financial circumstances and support needs will determine the level of accommodation and support services available/required.
(8) 2008: 30 admissions (from other hospitals, community or via police).
2009: 9 admissions (from other hospitals, community or via police).
10 from Plaistowe ward (Forensic beds), Graylands Hospital.
2010: 20 admissions (from other hospitals, community or via police).
19 from Plaistowe ward (Forensic beds).
2011: 2 from Plaistowe ward (Forensic beds).
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