Question on Notice regarding the number and proportion of Indigenous youths (10-17) incarcerated in Western Australia between 2017 and 2020. The answer provides specific figures for each year.

AnsweredQoN 6360Legislative Assembly
Asked
12 August 2020
Portfolio
Emergency Services; Corrective Services

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(1) How many Indigenous youths aged 10-17 were incarcerated in Western Australia as at 1 July 2017, 1 July 2018, 1 July 2019 and 1 July 2020? (2) What proportion of the total population of 10-17 year old prisoners were Indigenous as at 1 July 2017, 1 July 2018, 1 July 2019 and 1 July 2020?

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Answered
15 September 2020
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services; Corrective Services
Response time
8 days
(1)(i)    104.
(ii)       122.
(iii)      94.
(iv)      70.
(2)(i)    72%.
(ii)        77%.
(iii)       76%.
(iv)      71%.

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