Dr. Brad Pettitt questions the Minister for Corrective Services regarding out-of-cell hours for youth detainees at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Casuarina Prison, seeking data on lock-up durations. The Minister provides some data for Banksia Hill but claims difficulty in providing data on longest lock-up periods.

AnsweredQoN 602Legislative Council
Asked
9 August 2022
Portfolio
Corrective Services

QuestionView source ↗

YOUTH DETENTION —
BANKSIA HILL DETENTION CENTRE AND CASUARINA PRISON
602. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to youth detention.
(1) Can the
minister please provide an update on average out-of-cell hours for detainees
within Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Casuarina Prison respectively, across
July 2022 and August 2022 to date?
(2) What is the
longest period a young person has been locked in their cell for at Banksia Hill
Detention Centre and Casuarina Prison respectively this calendar year?
(3) In answer to (2), on what dates
did this occur?

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.
(1) For Banksia
Hill Detention Centre for July 2022, it is 7.37 hours. For Banksia Hill
Detention Centre from 1 to 8 August to date,
it is 7.62 hours. For unit 18 from 20 to 31 July 2022, it is 6.23 hours. The
data is not available for unit 18 for August.
(2) This
information is not readily available and would require extensive resources and
a considerable period of time to extract.
(3) Not applicable.

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