❓ Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18 54. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services: I refer to youth detention. Will the minister please provide the fo
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Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18
54. 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 December 2025 and
January 2026.
(1) What was the number of suicide and self-harm
attempts?
(2) What were the monthly average out-of-cell
hours?
(3) What was the number of occasions a young
person spent 20 or more hours in their cell?
(4) What was the number of occasions a young
person spent 22 hours or more in their cell?
(5) What was the number of occasions a young
person spent four or more hours out of their cell?
The President: Similarly, standing order 105 requires
our questions to be concise. "Concise" may mean the length of the question,
but it might also mean the amount of data sought over a two-hour turnaround period.
Let us see if the minister has an answer.
54. 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 December 2025 and
January 2026.
(1) What was the number of suicide and self-harm
attempts?
(2) What were the monthly average out-of-cell
hours?
(3) What was the number of occasions a young
person spent 20 or more hours in their cell?
(4) What was the number of occasions a young
person spent 22 hours or more in their cell?
(5) What was the number of occasions a young
person spent four or more hours out of their cell?
The President: Similarly, standing order 105 requires
our questions to be concise. "Concise" may mean the length of the question,
but it might also mean the amount of data sought over a two-hour turnaround period.
Let us see if the minister has an answer.
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Thank you,
President. I thank the member for some notice of the question. The Minister for
Corrective Services has provided me with an answer that is in tabular form, so
I seek leave to have those tables incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
Answer
The Department
advises:
1.
Table 1.
Banksia Hill Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 December 2025
and 31 January 2026, by Month.
Month
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm - Serious
Self-Harm - Minor
December 2025
3
0
32
January 2026
3
0
42
Table 2. Unit
18 Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 December 2025 and 31
January 2026, by Month.
Month
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm - Serious
Self-Harm - Minor
December 2025
0
0
11
January 2026
1
0
5
2.
Table 3.
Banksia Hill and Unit 18 Average Out-of-Cell Hours between 1 December 2025 and
31 January 2026, by Month.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
December 2025
9 hrs 46 mins
9 hrs 1 min
January 2026
9 hrs 32 mins
9 hrs 30 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 December 2025 and 31 January 2026, by Month.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
December 2025
7
1
January 2026
31
1
4.
Table 5.
Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on which a Young Person Spent 22 or More
Hours in Cell between 1 December 2025 and 31 January 2026, by Month.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
December 2025
3
0
January 2026
3
0
5.
Table 6.
Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on which a Young Person Spent 4 or More
Hours Out of Cell between 1 December 2025 and 31 January 2026, by Month.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
December 2025
2,046
196
January 2026
2,365
101
President. I thank the member for some notice of the question. The Minister for
Corrective Services has provided me with an answer that is in tabular form, so
I seek leave to have those tables incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
Answer
The Department
advises:
1.
Table 1.
Banksia Hill Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 December 2025
and 31 January 2026, by Month.
Month
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm - Serious
Self-Harm - Minor
December 2025
3
0
32
January 2026
3
0
42
Table 2. Unit
18 Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 December 2025 and 31
January 2026, by Month.
Month
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm - Serious
Self-Harm - Minor
December 2025
0
0
11
January 2026
1
0
5
2.
Table 3.
Banksia Hill and Unit 18 Average Out-of-Cell Hours between 1 December 2025 and
31 January 2026, by Month.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
December 2025
9 hrs 46 mins
9 hrs 1 min
January 2026
9 hrs 32 mins
9 hrs 30 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 December 2025 and 31 January 2026, by Month.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
December 2025
7
1
January 2026
31
1
4.
Table 5.
Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on which a Young Person Spent 22 or More
Hours in Cell between 1 December 2025 and 31 January 2026, by Month.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
December 2025
3
0
January 2026
3
0
5.
Table 6.
Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on which a Young Person Spent 4 or More
Hours Out of Cell between 1 December 2025 and 31 January 2026, by Month.
Month
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
December 2025
2,046
196
January 2026
2,365
101
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