❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks data on the Court Assessment and Treatment Service (CATS) and the Drug Court Regime (DCR) for juvenile offenders, including staffing levels and program completion rates. The answer provides staffing details and program statistics, highlighting challenges in program completion.
AnsweredQoN 5589Legislative Council
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(1) How many Court Assessment and Treatment Service (CATS) officers are currently employed to support this Court?
(2) How many juvenile offenders were accepted into the Drug Court Regime (DCR) in the financial years -
(a) 2001-02;
(b) 2002-03;
(c) 2003-04;
(d) 2004-05;
(e) 2005-06;
(f) 2006-07; and
(g) 2007-08 (to date)?
(3) Of those referred to in (2), and in each year, how many offenders completed the requirements of the DCR?
(2) How many juvenile offenders were accepted into the Drug Court Regime (DCR) in the financial years -
(a) 2001-02;
(b) 2002-03;
(c) 2003-04;
(d) 2004-05;
(e) 2005-06;
(f) 2006-07; and
(g) 2007-08 (to date)?
(3) Of those referred to in (2), and in each year, how many offenders completed the requirements of the DCR?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
15 November 2007
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection representing the Attorney General
Response time
22 days
(1) Currently there is one CATS Officer employed to support the Children's Court Drug Court. Additional recurrent funding identified in the Government Action Plan arising from the WA Amphetamine Summit conducted on 3 July 2007 includes funding for an additional CATS Officer who will commence on 19 November 2007.
(2) Statistics are kept by calendar year.
2001 10
2002 11
2003 10
2004 6
2005 9
2006 9
2007 18
(3) All young people subjected to the Drug Court regime must attend a residential treatment program at Carlisle, East Perth or Armadale for the first three months. The use of any substance including alcohol is strictly prohibited. A curfew of 7pm to 7am must be observed at all time. All participants must attend urinalysis screening for the entire period, providing samples at least three times per week. Most young people fail to complete the residential aspect of the program due to missing home or not engaging in the treatment program whereupon they are exited for non-compliance. Some have also return positive urinalysis results.
Where the young people have completed the residential aspect of the program, they are returned to the community. They continue to be subjected to urinalysis up to three times per week, curfew requirements. In addition, they must attend a vocational/educational program. Failure to comply with these conditions results in the young person being exited from the program.
Although some young people make it through the residential aspect of the program, once they are back home amongst their peer group, they are often confronted with the temptation of using substances or failing to maintain their Drug Court requirements. For these failures, the young people are also exited for not complying.
This is a very hard and long process for a young person especially one without parental guidance/support. However, it is beneficially for all involved when a young person completes the program successfully.
Those who have completed the program have been drug free for more than a year, have not committed any new offences, learned a new skill and some have even gone onto fulltime employment.
The figures for non-completion are as follows:
2001 5
2002 4
2003 3
2004 1
2005 3
2006 5
2007 2 plus 9 still within the program
It should be noted that the majority of non completions relate to breaches of the conditions of the program and are not as a result of re-offending.
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(2) Statistics are kept by calendar year.
2001 10
2002 11
2003 10
2004 6
2005 9
2006 9
2007 18
(3) All young people subjected to the Drug Court regime must attend a residential treatment program at Carlisle, East Perth or Armadale for the first three months. The use of any substance including alcohol is strictly prohibited. A curfew of 7pm to 7am must be observed at all time. All participants must attend urinalysis screening for the entire period, providing samples at least three times per week. Most young people fail to complete the residential aspect of the program due to missing home or not engaging in the treatment program whereupon they are exited for non-compliance. Some have also return positive urinalysis results.
Where the young people have completed the residential aspect of the program, they are returned to the community. They continue to be subjected to urinalysis up to three times per week, curfew requirements. In addition, they must attend a vocational/educational program. Failure to comply with these conditions results in the young person being exited from the program.
Although some young people make it through the residential aspect of the program, once they are back home amongst their peer group, they are often confronted with the temptation of using substances or failing to maintain their Drug Court requirements. For these failures, the young people are also exited for not complying.
This is a very hard and long process for a young person especially one without parental guidance/support. However, it is beneficially for all involved when a young person completes the program successfully.
Those who have completed the program have been drug free for more than a year, have not committed any new offences, learned a new skill and some have even gone onto fulltime employment.
The figures for non-completion are as follows:
2001 5
2002 4
2003 3
2004 1
2005 3
2006 5
2007 2 plus 9 still within the program
It should be noted that the majority of non completions relate to breaches of the conditions of the program and are not as a result of re-offending.
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