Hon Dr Brad Pettitt asked the Minister for Corrective Services about the number of suicide attempts and self-harm cases at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Unit 18 for September, October, and November 2022. The answer provides a breakdown of these incidents by facility and month.

AnsweredQoN 1256Legislative Council
Asked
24 November 2022
Portfolio
Corrective Services

QuestionView source ↗

BANKSIA HILL DETENTION
CENTRE AND UNIT 18, CASUARINA DETAINEES —SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND SELF-HARM
1256. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
Will
the minister please provide the number of suicide attempts and self-harm cases
respectively for September 2022 , October 2022 and November 2022 to date
at each of the youth detention facilities: Banksia Hill Detention Centre, and
unit 18?

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.
It is in tabular form and I seek
leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
(1)

Attempted
Suicide
Self-Harm
– Serious
Self-Harm
– Minor
Banksia
Hill Detention Centre
September
2022
0
2
26
October
2022
0
0
38
November
2022 (to 22 nd )
5
0
21
Unit
18 Juvenile Security
September
2022
2
0
25
October
2022
0
0
6
November
2022 (to 22 nd )
1
0
20
Definitions
Attempted
Suicide
An act where the circumstances indicate the intent of
the act was to take their own life through:(a) self-inflicted injury; or(b)
self-asphyxiation or hanging; or(c) intentional self-poisoning (including
drug overdose); or (d) other intentional acts intended to take one's
own life.
Minor
Self-Harm
An act of self-harm that does
not require overnight hospitalisation, overnight care at a prison medical
centre/infirmary or ongoing medical treatment or any other act of self-harm
that does not result in injury.
Serious
Self-Harm
An act of self-harm that requires either overnight
hospitalisation in a medical facility (including prison clinic/infirmary), or
ongoing medical treatment.

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