❓ Hon Dr Brad Pettitt asks about suicide attempts, self-harm, and out-of-cell hours at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Unit 18 for May 2024. The Minister provides data in tabular form.
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QuestionView source ↗
BANKSIA HILL DETENTION
CENTRE AND UNIT 18 DETAINEES — SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND SELF-HARM INCIDENTS
AND OUT-OF-CELL HOURS
720. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Minister for Corrective Services:
I
refer to youth justice. Will the minister please provide the following
information on Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18, respectively,
for May 2024 —
(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 a young
person spent four or more hours out of their cells?
CENTRE AND UNIT 18 DETAINEES — SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND SELF-HARM INCIDENTS
AND OUT-OF-CELL HOURS
720. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Minister for Corrective Services:
I
refer to youth justice. Will the minister please provide the following
information on Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18, respectively,
for May 2024 —
(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 a young
person spent four or more hours out of their cells?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The member has a slight preamble in his copy of
the question that is not on my copy; however, the rest of the question is the
same, so I provide this response. The answers are in tabular form and I seek
leave to have them incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Answer The Department of Justice advise:
(a)� � Answer (1)(a)
Table 1. Banksia Hill
Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 and 31 May 2024
�
May
2024
Attempted
Suicide
8
Self-Harm
– Serious
0
Self-Harm
– Minor
73
Table 2. Unit 18 Attempted
Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 and 31 May 2024
�
May
2024
Attempted
Suicide
0
Self-Harm
– Serious
0
Self-Harm
– Minor
17
(b) Answer (1)(b)
Table 3. Banksia Hill and
Unit 18 Average Out of Cell Hours between 1 and 31 May 2024
�
Banksia
Hill
Unit
18
May
2024
9
hrs 17 mins
4
hrs 51 mins
(c) Answer
(1)(c)
Table 4.
Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on which a young person spent 20 or more
hours in Cell between 1 and 31 May 2024
�
Banksia
Hill
Unit
18
May
2024
172
190
(d) Answer
(1)(d)
Table 4.
Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on which a young person spent 4 or more
hours out of Cell between 1 and 31 May 2024
�
Banksia
Hill
Unit
18
May
2024
2,188
220
some notice of the question. The member has a slight preamble in his copy of
the question that is not on my copy; however, the rest of the question is the
same, so I provide this response. The answers are in tabular form and I seek
leave to have them incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Answer The Department of Justice advise:
(a)� � Answer (1)(a)
Table 1. Banksia Hill
Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 and 31 May 2024
�
May
2024
Attempted
Suicide
8
Self-Harm
– Serious
0
Self-Harm
– Minor
73
Table 2. Unit 18 Attempted
Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 and 31 May 2024
�
May
2024
Attempted
Suicide
0
Self-Harm
– Serious
0
Self-Harm
– Minor
17
(b) Answer (1)(b)
Table 3. Banksia Hill and
Unit 18 Average Out of Cell Hours between 1 and 31 May 2024
�
Banksia
Hill
Unit
18
May
2024
9
hrs 17 mins
4
hrs 51 mins
(c) Answer
(1)(c)
Table 4.
Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on which a young person spent 20 or more
hours in Cell between 1 and 31 May 2024
�
Banksia
Hill
Unit
18
May
2024
172
190
(d) Answer
(1)(d)
Table 4.
Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on which a young person spent 4 or more
hours out of Cell between 1 and 31 May 2024
�
Banksia
Hill
Unit
18
May
2024
2,188
220
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