Asks about the recidivism rate of young offenders released from detention in WA. The answer provides the percentage who return to detention or adult custody within five years.

AnsweredQoN 2121Legislative Council
Asked
7 May 2019
Portfolio
Emergency Services; Corrective Services

QuestionView source ↗

I
refer to young people in the youth justice system, and I ask what percentage of young people return to sentenced detention or adult sentenced custody within five years of being released from sentenced detention in Banksia Hill Detention Centre?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
11 June 2019
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Emergency Services; Corrective Services
Response time
12 days
81.72% of sentenced young people released from detention (including Banksia Hill Detention Centre, Hakea Juvenile Security and Rangeview Remand Centre) in 2012-2013 returned to either sentence detention or adult sentenced custody within five years.

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