Question on Notice regarding the number of sexual assaults in WA prisons and Banksia Hill Detention Centre between 2016-2019. The answer provides a breakdown by facility and year.

AnsweredQoN 1975Legislative Council
Asked
13 March 2019
Portfolio
Emergency Services; Corrective Services

QuestionView source ↗

I refer to serious assaults in Western Australian prisons and Banksia Hill
Detention Centre, and I ask: (a) separately
for each adult prison and for Banksia Hill Detention Centre would the Minister
please advise the number of sexual assaults in: (i) 2016-17; (ii) 2017-18; and (iii) 2018-19 to date?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
10 April 2019
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Emergency Services; Corrective Services
Response time
9 days
Number of sexual assault incidents, with a breakdown by facility, 1 July 2016 to 28 February 2019:
Adult prisons
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Acacia Prison
2
3
8
Albany Regional Prison
0
0
1
Bandyup Women’s Prison
5
0
2
Boronia Pre Release Centre
0
0
0
Broome Regional Prison
0
0
0
Bunbury Regional Prison
0
0
0
Casuarina Prison
2
1
1
Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison
0
1
0
Greenough Regional Prison
0
0
0
Hakea Prison
4
2
6
Karnet Prison Farm
1
0
0
Melaleuca Remand And Reintegration Facility
0
0
2
Pardelup Prison Farm
0
0
0
Roebourne Regional Prison
0
0
0
Wandoo Reintegration Facility
0
0
-
Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison
-
-
0
West Kimberley Regional Prison
0
1
1
Wooroloo Prison Farm
0
0
0
Total
14
8
21
Youth Detention
Banksia Hill Detention Centre
2
1
0

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