❓ Dr. Pettitt asks the Minister for Corrective Services for a list of deaths in custody this year, including date, facility, Indigenous status, and remand status. The Minister provides a table with the requested information.
AnsweredQoN 592Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
Corrective services—Deaths in custody
592. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I refer to adult
prisons and youth detention facilities.
Can the minister
please provide a list of each death in custody this calendar year to date,
including:
(a) the date the death occurred;
(b) the prison or facility where the individual
was detained;
(c) whether the person
was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander; and
(d) if the person was on remand?
592. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I refer to adult
prisons and youth detention facilities.
Can the minister
please provide a list of each death in custody this calendar year to date,
including:
(a) the date the death occurred;
(b) the prison or facility where the individual
was detained;
(c) whether the person
was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander; and
(d) if the person was on remand?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member
for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me
by the Minister for Corrective Services.
The answer is a
table. I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
1. Refer to the table below:
a
b
c
d
Cause of Death
13/01/2025
Casuarina
Non-Aboriginal
SENTENCED
APPARENT NATURAL
21/02/2025
Melaleuca
Non-Aboriginal
UNSENTENCED
APPARENT UNNATURAL
7/03/2025
Casuarina
Aboriginal
UNSENTENCED
APPARENT UNNATURAL
27/03/2025
Casuarina
Non-Aboriginal
SENTENCED
APPARENT UNNATURAL
2/04/2025
Eastern Goldfields
Aboriginal
UNSENTENCED
APPARENT UNNATURAL
7/05/2025
Casuarina
Aboriginal
SENTENCED
APPARENT NATURAL
9/05/2025
Hakea
Non-Aboriginal
UNSENTENCED
APPARENT UNNATURAL
10/05/2025
Casuarina
Aboriginal
SENTENCED
APPARENT NATURAL
30/07/2025
Albany
Aboriginal
SENTENCED
APPARENT NATURAL
13/08/2025
Hakea
Aboriginal
UNSENTENCED
APPARENT NATURAL
for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me
by the Minister for Corrective Services.
The answer is a
table. I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
1. Refer to the table below:
a
b
c
d
Cause of Death
13/01/2025
Casuarina
Non-Aboriginal
SENTENCED
APPARENT NATURAL
21/02/2025
Melaleuca
Non-Aboriginal
UNSENTENCED
APPARENT UNNATURAL
7/03/2025
Casuarina
Aboriginal
UNSENTENCED
APPARENT UNNATURAL
27/03/2025
Casuarina
Non-Aboriginal
SENTENCED
APPARENT UNNATURAL
2/04/2025
Eastern Goldfields
Aboriginal
UNSENTENCED
APPARENT UNNATURAL
7/05/2025
Casuarina
Aboriginal
SENTENCED
APPARENT NATURAL
9/05/2025
Hakea
Non-Aboriginal
UNSENTENCED
APPARENT UNNATURAL
10/05/2025
Casuarina
Aboriginal
SENTENCED
APPARENT NATURAL
30/07/2025
Albany
Aboriginal
SENTENCED
APPARENT NATURAL
13/08/2025
Hakea
Aboriginal
UNSENTENCED
APPARENT NATURAL
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