❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks data on youth detention, homelessness, and access to services. The response provides limited data on youth in detention and states that other requested information is not held by the Department of Corrective Services.
AnsweredQoN 1234Legislative Council
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(1) In the past twelve months, how many people under 18 years of age, with no fixed address, have been detained either in police custody or at Rangeview Juvenile Remand Centre?
(2) Of all the people in (1), what is the breakdown in terms of sex, Aboriginality, ethnicity, disability, mental health, foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and other chronic conditions?
(3) How many children have ceased education or have their education seriously disrupted due to homelessness or as a result of evictions under the Disruptive Behaviour Management Strategy in the last 12 months?
(4) How many of the children in (1) and (3) are on the Children with Special Needs programme in their schools?
(5) How many of the children in (1) and (3) are missing out on urgent or ongoing medical care?
(2) Of all the people in (1), what is the breakdown in terms of sex, Aboriginality, ethnicity, disability, mental health, foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and other chronic conditions?
(3) How many children have ceased education or have their education seriously disrupted due to homelessness or as a result of evictions under the Disruptive Behaviour Management Strategy in the last 12 months?
(4) How many of the children in (1) and (3) are on the Children with Special Needs programme in their schools?
(5) How many of the children in (1) and (3) are missing out on urgent or ongoing medical care?
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Answered
12 August 2014
Responded by
Attorney General representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
91 days
The Department of Corrective Services advises: (1) Rangeview Remand Centre ceased operations in October 2012. All detainees are now accommodated at Banksia Hill Detention Centre. Between 11 June 2013 and 10 June 2014, three young people under the age of 18 who were either remanded in custody or detained awaiting bail or a court appearance were recorded as having no fixed abode. Please refer matters relating to police custody to the Minister for Police. (2) Person 1. Male, New Zealand Maori, mental health Person 2. Female, Australian non-Aboriginal, substance abuse Person 3. Male, Australian non-Aboriginal, nil (3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
(1) Rangeview Remand Centre ceased operations in October 2012. All detainees are now accommodated at Banksia Hill Detention Centre. Between 11 June 2013 and 10 June 2014, three young people under the age of 18 who were either remanded in custody or detained awaiting bail or a court appearance were recorded as having no fixed abode. Please refer matters relating to police custody to the Minister for Police. (2) Person 1. Male, New Zealand Maori, mental health Person 2. Female, Australian non-Aboriginal, substance abuse Person 3. Male, Australian non-Aboriginal, nil (3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
Between 11 June 2013 and 10 June 2014, three young people under the age of 18 who were either remanded in custody or detained awaiting bail or a court appearance were recorded as having no fixed abode. Please refer matters relating to police custody to the Minister for Police. (2) Person 1. Male, New Zealand Maori, mental health Person 2. Female, Australian non-Aboriginal, substance abuse Person 3. Male, Australian non-Aboriginal, nil (3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
Please refer matters relating to police custody to the Minister for Police. (2) Person 1. Male, New Zealand Maori, mental health Person 2. Female, Australian non-Aboriginal, substance abuse Person 3. Male, Australian non-Aboriginal, nil (3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
(2) Person 1. Male, New Zealand Maori, mental health Person 2. Female, Australian non-Aboriginal, substance abuse Person 3. Male, Australian non-Aboriginal, nil (3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
Person 2. Female, Australian non-Aboriginal, substance abuse Person 3. Male, Australian non-Aboriginal, nil (3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
Person 3. Male, Australian non-Aboriginal, nil (3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
(3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
(1) Rangeview Remand Centre ceased operations in October 2012. All detainees are now accommodated at Banksia Hill Detention Centre. Between 11 June 2013 and 10 June 2014, three young people under the age of 18 who were either remanded in custody or detained awaiting bail or a court appearance were recorded as having no fixed abode. Please refer matters relating to police custody to the Minister for Police. (2) Person 1. Male, New Zealand Maori, mental health Person 2. Female, Australian non-Aboriginal, substance abuse Person 3. Male, Australian non-Aboriginal, nil (3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
Between 11 June 2013 and 10 June 2014, three young people under the age of 18 who were either remanded in custody or detained awaiting bail or a court appearance were recorded as having no fixed abode. Please refer matters relating to police custody to the Minister for Police. (2) Person 1. Male, New Zealand Maori, mental health Person 2. Female, Australian non-Aboriginal, substance abuse Person 3. Male, Australian non-Aboriginal, nil (3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
Please refer matters relating to police custody to the Minister for Police. (2) Person 1. Male, New Zealand Maori, mental health Person 2. Female, Australian non-Aboriginal, substance abuse Person 3. Male, Australian non-Aboriginal, nil (3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
(2) Person 1. Male, New Zealand Maori, mental health Person 2. Female, Australian non-Aboriginal, substance abuse Person 3. Male, Australian non-Aboriginal, nil (3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
Person 2. Female, Australian non-Aboriginal, substance abuse Person 3. Male, Australian non-Aboriginal, nil (3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
Person 3. Male, Australian non-Aboriginal, nil (3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
(3) -(5) The Department of Corrective Services does not hold this information. Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
Person 3, is now in an adult custodial facility and is receiving medical care as required.
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