❓ Hon Dr Brad Pettitt asks the Minister for Corrective Services about suicide/self-harm attempts, out-of-cell hours, and time spent in cells at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Unit 18 for September 2025. The Minister provides data in tabular form.
AnsweredQoN 944Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18
944. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I refer to youth
detention.
(1) Will the minister please provide the following
information on Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18 respectively for
September 2025:
(a) What was the number of suicide and self-harm
attempts?
(b) What were the monthly average out-of-cell
hours?
(c) What was the number of occasions a young person
spent 20 or more hours in their cell?
(d) What was the number of occasions a young
person spent four or more hours out of their cell?
944. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I refer to youth
detention.
(1) Will the minister please provide the following
information on Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18 respectively for
September 2025:
(a) What was the number of suicide and self-harm
attempts?
(b) What were the monthly average out-of-cell
hours?
(c) What was the number of occasions a young person
spent 20 or more hours in their cell?
(d) What was the number of occasions a young
person spent four or more hours out of their cell?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member
for some notice of the question, which was originally asked on 14 October 2025,
so the answer was correct at that time.
The answer is in
tabular form and I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
Answer
1.a.
Table 1.
Banksia Hill Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 September and
30 September 2025.
Month
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm - Serious
Self-Harm – Minor
September
2025
0
0
38
Table 2. Unit
18 Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 September and 30
September 2025.
Month
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm - Serious
Self-Harm – Minor
September
2025
1
0
5
b.
Table 3.
Banksia Hill and Unit 18 Average Out of Cell Hours between 1 September and 30
September 2025.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
September
2025
8 hrs 57 mins
9 hrs 49 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 September and 30 September 2025.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
September
2025
103
0
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 September and 30 September 2025.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
September
2025
2,190
273
for some notice of the question, which was originally asked on 14 October 2025,
so the answer was correct at that time.
The answer is in
tabular form and I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
Answer
1.a.
Table 1.
Banksia Hill Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 September and
30 September 2025.
Month
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm - Serious
Self-Harm – Minor
September
2025
0
0
38
Table 2. Unit
18 Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 September and 30
September 2025.
Month
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm - Serious
Self-Harm – Minor
September
2025
1
0
5
b.
Table 3.
Banksia Hill and Unit 18 Average Out of Cell Hours between 1 September and 30
September 2025.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
September
2025
8 hrs 57 mins
9 hrs 49 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 September and 30 September 2025.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
September
2025
103
0
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 September and 30 September 2025.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
September
2025
2,190
273
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