❓ Hon Dr Brad Pettitt asked the Minister for Corrective Services about the number of suicide and self-harm attempts at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Unit 18. The answer provides a breakdown of incidents by type, month, and facility.
AnsweredQoN 23Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
YOUTH DETENTION —
SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM ATTEMPTS
23. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
Will the minister please provide
the number of suicide and self-harm attempts for December 2022, January 2023
and February 2023 to date at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18
respectively?
SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM ATTEMPTS
23. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
Will the minister please provide
the number of suicide and self-harm attempts for December 2022, January 2023
and February 2023 to date at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18
respectively?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. The following information has been provided to me by the
Minister for Corrective Services. The answer is almost exclusively in tabular
form so I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave
granted for the following material to be incorporated.]
Table 1: Number of Distinct
Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Victim Incidents between 1 December 2022 and 13
February 2023, by Incident Type, Month and Facility.
Victim
Incidents
Month
/ Facility
Attempted
Suicide
Self-Harm
- Serious
Self-Harm
- Minor
December
2022
Banksia
Hill Detention Centre
2
0
41
Unit
18 Juvenile Security
1
0
32
January
2023
Banksia
Hill Detention Centre
1
0
49
Unit
18 Juvenile Security
0
0
27
February
2023 (to 13 th )
Banksia
Hill Detention Centre
0
0
5
Unit
18 Juvenile Security
0
0
5
Attempted
Suicide
An act where the circumstances indicate the intent of
the act was to take their own life through:(a) self-inflicted injury; or(b)
self-asphyxiation or hanging; or(c) intentional self-poisoning (including
drug overdose); or (d) other intentional acts intended to take one's
own life.
Minor
Self-Harm
An
act of self-harm that does not require overnight hospitalisation, overnight
care at a prison medical centre/infirmary or ongoing medical treatment or any
other act of self-harm that does not result in injury.
Serious
Self-Harm
An
act of self-harm that requires either overnight hospitalisation in a medical
facility (including prison clinic/infirmary), or ongoing medical treatment.
of the question. The following information has been provided to me by the
Minister for Corrective Services. The answer is almost exclusively in tabular
form so I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave
granted for the following material to be incorporated.]
Table 1: Number of Distinct
Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Victim Incidents between 1 December 2022 and 13
February 2023, by Incident Type, Month and Facility.
Victim
Incidents
Month
/ Facility
Attempted
Suicide
Self-Harm
- Serious
Self-Harm
- Minor
December
2022
Banksia
Hill Detention Centre
2
0
41
Unit
18 Juvenile Security
1
0
32
January
2023
Banksia
Hill Detention Centre
1
0
49
Unit
18 Juvenile Security
0
0
27
February
2023 (to 13 th )
Banksia
Hill Detention Centre
0
0
5
Unit
18 Juvenile Security
0
0
5
Attempted
Suicide
An act where the circumstances indicate the intent of
the act was to take their own life through:(a) self-inflicted injury; or(b)
self-asphyxiation or hanging; or(c) intentional self-poisoning (including
drug overdose); or (d) other intentional acts intended to take one's
own life.
Minor
Self-Harm
An
act of self-harm that does not require overnight hospitalisation, overnight
care at a prison medical centre/infirmary or ongoing medical treatment or any
other act of self-harm that does not result in injury.
Serious
Self-Harm
An
act of self-harm that requires either overnight hospitalisation in a medical
facility (including prison clinic/infirmary), or ongoing medical treatment.
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