❓ Hon Dr Brad Pettitt asked 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 April 2024. The Minister provided detailed data in response.
AnsweredQoN 492Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
YOUTH DETENTION — BANKSIA HILL DETENTION CENTRE
AND CASUARINA PRISON
492. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to youth
justice.
(1) Will the
minister please provide the following information on Banksia Hill Detention
Centre and unit 18 respectively for April 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 cell?
AND CASUARINA PRISON
492. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to youth
justice.
(1) Will the
minister please provide the following information on Banksia Hill Detention
Centre and unit 18 respectively for April 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 cell?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
member for some notice of the question.
I seek leave to have the response
incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
The
Department of Justice advise:
(1) (a)
Answer (1)(a)
Table 1. Banksia Hill
Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 and 30 April 2024
�
April
2024
Attempted
Suicide
1
Self-Harm
- Serious
0
Self-Harm
- Minor
41
Table 2. Unit 18 Attempted
Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 and 30 April 2024
�
April
2024
Attempted
Suicide
0
Self-Harm
- Serious
0
Self-Harm
- Minor
22
(b) Answer
(1)(b)
Table 3. Banksia Hill and
Unit 18 Average Out of Cell Hours between 1 and 30 April 2024
�
Banksia
Hill
Unit
18
April
2024
8
hrs 13 mins
4 hrs
55 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 30 April 2024
�
Banksia
Hill
Unit
18
April
2024
453
187
(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 30 April 2024
�
Banksia
Hill
Unit
18
April
2024
2,015
229
member for some notice of the question.
I seek leave to have the response
incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
The
Department of Justice advise:
(1) (a)
Answer (1)(a)
Table 1. Banksia Hill
Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 and 30 April 2024
�
April
2024
Attempted
Suicide
1
Self-Harm
- Serious
0
Self-Harm
- Minor
41
Table 2. Unit 18 Attempted
Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 and 30 April 2024
�
April
2024
Attempted
Suicide
0
Self-Harm
- Serious
0
Self-Harm
- Minor
22
(b) Answer
(1)(b)
Table 3. Banksia Hill and
Unit 18 Average Out of Cell Hours between 1 and 30 April 2024
�
Banksia
Hill
Unit
18
April
2024
8
hrs 13 mins
4 hrs
55 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 30 April 2024
�
Banksia
Hill
Unit
18
April
2024
453
187
(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 30 April 2024
�
Banksia
Hill
Unit
18
April
2024
2,015
229
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