Question regarding the detention of children under 14 in WA during 2020, including numbers detained, convictions, charges, and longest detention without conviction. The answer provides specific figures.

AnsweredQoN 138Legislative Council
Asked
25 May 2021
Portfolio
Corrective Services

QuestionView source ↗

I refer to the detention of
children less than 14 years of age in the calendar year 2020, and I ask: (a) how
many such children were detained; (b) how many such children were serving a period of
detention arising from a sentence following a conviction; (c) further to (b), what were the charges that
resulted in the conviction and consequential sentence; and (d) what was the longest continuous period of time
that such a child was detained without a conviction?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
22 June 2021
Responded by
Minister for Regional Development representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
9 days
(a) 108
(b) 5
(c) Burglary and robbery offences.
(d) 121 days

Explore WA Government Data

Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.

Explore more