❓ Question on Notice regarding the number of strip searches conducted at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and the instances of contraband discovery as a result of these searches between 2015 and 2019.
AnsweredQoN 1968Legislative Council
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I refer to strip searches at Banksia Hill Detention Centre,
and I ask: (a) how many strip searches of children and young
people in Banksia Hill were conducted in: (i) 2015; (ii) 2016; (iii) 2017; (iv) 2018; and (v) 2019 to date; and (b) on
how many occasions did strip searching result in the discovery of contraband in: (i) 2015; (ii) 2016; (iii) 2017; (iv) 2018; and (v) 2019 to date?
and I ask: (a) how many strip searches of children and young
people in Banksia Hill were conducted in: (i) 2015; (ii) 2016; (iii) 2017; (iv) 2018; and (v) 2019 to date; and (b) on
how many occasions did strip searching result in the discovery of contraband in: (i) 2015; (ii) 2016; (iii) 2017; (iv) 2018; and (v) 2019 to date?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
10 April 2019
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Emergency Services; Corrective Services
Response time
9 days
(a) Strip searches of children and young people in Banksia Hill conducted in:
(i) 2015: 9068
(ii) 2016: 3746
(iii) 2017: 2446
(iv) 2018: 1609
(v) 2019 to date: 93
(b) Occasions strip searching resulting in the discovery of contraband in:
(i) 2015: 16
(ii) 2016: 6
(iii) 2017: 23
(iv) 2018: 6
(v) 2019 to date: 0
(i) 2015: 9068
(ii) 2016: 3746
(iii) 2017: 2446
(iv) 2018: 1609
(v) 2019 to date: 93
(b) Occasions strip searching resulting in the discovery of contraband in:
(i) 2015: 16
(ii) 2016: 6
(iii) 2017: 23
(iv) 2018: 6
(v) 2019 to date: 0
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