❓ Dr. Brad Pettitt asks about suicide attempts, self-harm, and out-of-cell hours at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Unit 18 for August 2023. The Minister provides data on these issues, including definitions of self-harm severity.
AnsweredQoN 1024Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
BANKSIA HILL DETENTION
CENTRE AND UNIT 18 DETAINEES —SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND SELF-HARM AND
OUT-OF-CELL HOURS
1024. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Minister for Corrective Services:
I
refer to youth justice. Will the minister please provide the following
information on Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18, respectively,
for August 2023 —
(a) the number of suicide and
self-harm attempts;
(b) the monthly average out-of-cell
hours; and
(c) the number of occasions on which
a young person spent 20 or more hours in their cell?
CENTRE AND UNIT 18 DETAINEES —SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND SELF-HARM AND
OUT-OF-CELL HOURS
1024. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Minister for Corrective Services:
I
refer to youth justice. Will the minister please provide the following
information on Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18, respectively,
for August 2023 —
(a) the number of suicide and
self-harm attempts;
(b) the monthly average out-of-cell
hours; and
(c) the number of occasions on which
a young person spent 20 or more hours in their cell?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me
by the Acting Minister for Corrective Services.
The Department of Justice advises
the following.
(a) This information is in tabular
form. I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Attempted
Suicide
Self-Harm—Serious
Self-Harm—Minor
Banksia Hill Detention Centre
0
0
21
Unit
18 Juvenile Security
0
4
30
President, there are a number of definitions,
also in tabular form. I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Minor
Self-Harm
An act of self-harm that does not 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.
(b) In August
2023, at Banksia Hill, it was eight hours and 33 minutes; at unit 18, it was
two hours and seven minutes.
(c) In August 2023, at Banksia Hill,
there were 331; at unit 18, it was 410.
some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me
by the Acting Minister for Corrective Services.
The Department of Justice advises
the following.
(a) This information is in tabular
form. I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Attempted
Suicide
Self-Harm—Serious
Self-Harm—Minor
Banksia Hill Detention Centre
0
0
21
Unit
18 Juvenile Security
0
4
30
President, there are a number of definitions,
also in tabular form. I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Minor
Self-Harm
An act of self-harm that does not 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.
(b) In August
2023, at Banksia Hill, it was eight hours and 33 minutes; at unit 18, it was
two hours and seven minutes.
(c) In August 2023, at Banksia Hill,
there were 331; at unit 18, it was 410.
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