❓ A parliamentary question regarding suicide/self-harm attempts and out-of-cell hours at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Unit 18 for August 2025, with provided data indicating instances of self-harm and time spent in/out of cells.
AnsweredQoN 646Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18
646. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I refer to youth
detention. Will the minister please provide the following information on
Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18, respectively, for August 2025?
(1) What were the number of suicide and self-harm
attempts?
(2) What were the monthly average out-of-cell
hours?
(3) What were the number of occasions a young
person spent 20 or more hours in their cell?
(4) What were the number of occasions a young
person spent four or more hours out of their cell?
646. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I refer to youth
detention. Will the minister please provide the following information on
Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18, respectively, for August 2025?
(1) What were the number of suicide and self-harm
attempts?
(2) What were the monthly average out-of-cell
hours?
(3) What were the number of occasions a young
person spent 20 or more hours in their cell?
(4) What were the number of occasions a young
person spent four or more hours out of their cell?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question. The following answer has
been provided to me by the Minister for Corrective Services. The answer is
almost exclusively in tabular form, so I seek leave to have the answer
incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
The Department
of Justice advises:
1.
Table 1.
Banksia Hill Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 August and 31
August 2025.
Month
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm - Serious
Self-Harm - Minor
August 2025
0
0
14
Table 2. Unit
18 Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 August and 31 August
2025.
Month
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm - Serious
Self-Harm - Minor
August 2025
0
0
1
2.
Table 3.
Banksia Hill and Unit 18 Average Out of Cell Hours between 1 August and 31
August 2025.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
August 2025
9 hrs 40 mins
10 hrs 9 mins
3.
Table 4.
Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on Which a Young Person Spent 20 or More
Hours in Cell between 1 August and 31 August 2025.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
August 2025
40
0
4.
Table 5.
Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on Which a Young Person Spent 4 or More
Hours Out of Cell between 1 August and 31 August 2025.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
August 2025
2,245
214
honourable member for some notice of the question. The following answer has
been provided to me by the Minister for Corrective Services. The answer is
almost exclusively in tabular form, so I seek leave to have the answer
incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
The Department
of Justice advises:
1.
Table 1.
Banksia Hill Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 August and 31
August 2025.
Month
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm - Serious
Self-Harm - Minor
August 2025
0
0
14
Table 2. Unit
18 Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 August and 31 August
2025.
Month
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm - Serious
Self-Harm - Minor
August 2025
0
0
1
2.
Table 3.
Banksia Hill and Unit 18 Average Out of Cell Hours between 1 August and 31
August 2025.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
August 2025
9 hrs 40 mins
10 hrs 9 mins
3.
Table 4.
Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on Which a Young Person Spent 20 or More
Hours in Cell between 1 August and 31 August 2025.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
August 2025
40
0
4.
Table 5.
Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on Which a Young Person Spent 4 or More
Hours Out of Cell between 1 August and 31 August 2025.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
August 2025
2,245
214
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