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❓ Hon Dr Brad Pettitt asks the Minister for Corrective Services for detailed data on suicide attempts, self-harm, out-of-cell hours, and time spent in cells at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 youth detention facilities. The Minister provides the requested data in tabular form and indicates where similar data can be found publicly.

AnsweredQoN 43Legislative Assembly

Asked

10 April 2025

Member

Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

Portfolio

Corrective Services

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Youth detention
43. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the m inister representing the Minister for Corrective
Services :
I refer to youth
detention and the minister's letter received on 6 February 2025 stating:
… the Department of Justice (Department) does not
routinely provide this data in response to individual requests. Publicly
available data can be accessed … on the Department's website.
(1) For each month—November 2024, December
2024, January 2025, February 2025 and March 2025—at each youth
detention facility, respectively, what was:
(a) the number of suicide and self-harm attempts;
(b) the monthly average out-of-cell hours;
(c) the number of occasions a young person spent
20 or more hours in their cell; and
(d) the number of occasions spent four or more
hours out of their cell?
(2) Where is this data in (1)(a) to (d) publicly
available on the department's website?
(3) How many people were at each facility as of
midnight on 8 April 2025?

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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 largely in tabular form.
I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for the following material to be
incorporated.
The Department
of Justice advise:
1) a. Table 1. Banksia Hill Attempted
Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 November 2024 and 31 March 2025.
Attempted
Suicide
Self-Harm –
Serious
Self-Harm –
Minor
November 2024
4
0
56
December 2024
7
0
50
January 2025
4
0
32
February 2025
1
1
27
March 2025
1
0
36
Table 2. Unit
18 Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 November 2024 and 31
March 2025.
Attempted
Suicide
Self-Harm –
Serious
Self-Harm –
Minor
November 2024
4
1
27
December 2024
0
0
6
January 2025
0
0
0
February 2025
1
0
7
March 2025
0
0
7
b. Table 3. Banksia Hill and Unit 18
Average Out of Cell Hours between 1 November 2024 and 31 March 2025.
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
November 2024
10 hrs 25
mins
6 hrs 59 mins
December 2024
10 hrs 19
mins
7 hrs 27 mins
January 2025
10 hrs 24
mins
8 hrs 1 min
February 2025
10 hrs 4 mins
9 hrs 48 mins
March 2025
9 hrs 3 mins
9 hrs 36 mins
c. Table 4. Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit
18 on Which a Young Person Spent 20 or More Hours in Cell Between 1 November
2024 and 28 February 2025.
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
November 2024
0
11
December 2024
5
4
January 2025
1
1
February 2025
2
0
*March 2025
data is placed on notice and will be provided on Tuesday 29th of April.
d. Table 5. Occasions at Banksia Hill and
Unit 18 on Which a Young Person Spent 4 or More Hours Out of Cell Between 1
November 2024 and 31 March 2025.
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
November 2024
1,787
272
December 2024
1,767
251
January 2025
1,934
159
February 2025
2,311
140
March 2025
2,173
270
2) Self-harm and attempted suicide data
are published in the Youth Justice Services Chapter of the Productivity
Commission's Report on Government Services. All other publicly available data
can be found in the Department's annual report or on the website.
3) As of
midnight 8 April 2025, there were 67 young people in detention at Banksia Hill,
and 13 young people in detention at Unit 18.

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