❓ Hon Dr Brad Pettitt asks 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 2025. The Minister provides the requested data in tabular form incorporated into Hansard.
AnsweredQoN 149Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
Banksia Hill Detention Centre—Unit 18 detainees
149. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I refer to youth
detention. I ask the minister to please table the following information on Banksia
Hill Detention Centre and unit 18 respectively for April 2025:
(1)
the number of suicide and self-harm attempts;
(2)
the monthly average out-of-cell hours;
(3)
the number of occasions a young person spent 20 or more hours in their cell;
and
(4)
the number of occasions a young person spent four or more hours out of their
cell?
149. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective
Services:
I refer to youth
detention. I ask the minister to please table the following information on Banksia
Hill Detention Centre and unit 18 respectively for April 2025:
(1)
the number of suicide and self-harm attempts;
(2)
the monthly average out-of-cell hours;
(3)
the number of occasions a young person spent 20 or more hours in their cell;
and
(4)
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. The answer is in tabular form, so I seek leave
to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
The Department
advise:
1. Table 1. Banksia Hill Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances
between 1 April 2025 and 30 April 2025.
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm – Serious
Self-Harm – Minor
April 2025
1
0
25
Table 2. Unit
18 Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 April 2025 and 30 April
2025
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm – Serious
Self-Harm – Minor
April 2025
1
1
6
2. Table 3. Banksia Hill and Unit 18 Average Out of Cell Hours
between 1 April 2025 and 30 April 2025.
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
April 2025
9 hrs 36 mins
9 hrs 18 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 April 2025 and 30 April 2025.
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
April 2025
16
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 April 2025 and 30 April
2025.
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
April 2025
2,401
367
for some notice of the question. The answer is in tabular form, so I seek leave
to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
The Department
advise:
1. Table 1. Banksia Hill Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances
between 1 April 2025 and 30 April 2025.
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm – Serious
Self-Harm – Minor
April 2025
1
0
25
Table 2. Unit
18 Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 April 2025 and 30 April
2025
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm – Serious
Self-Harm – Minor
April 2025
1
1
6
2. Table 3. Banksia Hill and Unit 18 Average Out of Cell Hours
between 1 April 2025 and 30 April 2025.
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
April 2025
9 hrs 36 mins
9 hrs 18 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 April 2025 and 30 April 2025.
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
April 2025
16
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 April 2025 and 30 April
2025.
Banksia Hill
Unit 18
April 2025
2,401
367
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