❓ The question concerns the impact of the government's decision to halt juvenile detention facility construction on community safety and sentencing options. The Minister's response denies that detention space affects court decisions and claims no such building plans existed.
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JUVENILE DETENTION CENTRES
I refer to the government’s decision to look for alternatives to detention as a means of tackling juvenile crime and the consequent reversal of plans for new juvenile detention facilities in the mid-west and the goldfields. (1) Does the minister recognise the grave risk to the community when courts are left with no choice but to allow a growing number of young criminals to avoid detention due to a lack of jail space? (2) If the minister can see the risk, will she resume the process of building new juvenile detention facilities in the mid-west and the goldfields to ensure sentencing options are available to protect the community? Hon JON FORD
I refer to the government’s decision to look for alternatives to detention as a means of tackling juvenile crime and the consequent reversal of plans for new juvenile detention facilities in the mid-west and the goldfields. (1) Does the minister recognise the grave risk to the community when courts are left with no choice but to allow a growing number of young criminals to avoid detention due to a lack of jail space? (2) If the minister can see the risk, will she resume the process of building new juvenile detention facilities in the mid-west and the goldfields to ensure sentencing options are available to protect the community? Hon JON FORD
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I thank Hon Margaret Rowe for some notice of the question. The Minister for Corrective Services has supplied the following answer - (1) If a young person is considered to be a risk to the community or the courts consider that he or she should be held in custody, any lack of space within the juvenile detention centres is not a consideration. The courts determine whether a young person needs to be remanded in custody or sentenced to detention, and this is not modified by available space. (2) I refer the honourable member to the answer to yesterday’s question without notice 77. There were no proposals to build juvenile detention centres.
(1) Does the minister recognise the grave risk to the community when courts are left with no choice but to allow a growing number of young criminals to avoid detention due to a lack of jail space? (2) If the minister can see the risk, will she resume the process of building new juvenile detention facilities in the mid-west and the goldfields to ensure sentencing options are available to protect the community? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Margaret Rowe for some notice of the question. The Minister for Corrective Services has supplied the following answer - (1) If a young person is considered to be a risk to the community or the courts consider that he or she should be held in custody, any lack of space within the juvenile detention centres is not a consideration. The courts determine whether a young person needs to be remanded in custody or sentenced to detention, and this is not modified by available space. (2) I refer the honourable member to the answer to yesterday’s question without notice 77. There were no proposals to build juvenile detention centres.
(2) If the minister can see the risk, will she resume the process of building new juvenile detention facilities in the mid-west and the goldfields to ensure sentencing options are available to protect the community? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Margaret Rowe for some notice of the question. The Minister for Corrective Services has supplied the following answer - (1) If a young person is considered to be a risk to the community or the courts consider that he or she should be held in custody, any lack of space within the juvenile detention centres is not a consideration. The courts determine whether a young person needs to be remanded in custody or sentenced to detention, and this is not modified by available space. (2) I refer the honourable member to the answer to yesterday’s question without notice 77. There were no proposals to build juvenile detention centres.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Margaret Rowe for some notice of the question. The Minister for Corrective Services has supplied the following answer - (1) If a young person is considered to be a risk to the community or the courts consider that he or she should be held in custody, any lack of space within the juvenile detention centres is not a consideration. The courts determine whether a young person needs to be remanded in custody or sentenced to detention, and this is not modified by available space. (2) I refer the honourable member to the answer to yesterday’s question without notice 77. There were no proposals to build juvenile detention centres.
I thank Hon Margaret Rowe for some notice of the question. The Minister for Corrective Services has supplied the following answer - (1) If a young person is considered to be a risk to the community or the courts consider that he or she should be held in custody, any lack of space within the juvenile detention centres is not a consideration. The courts determine whether a young person needs to be remanded in custody or sentenced to detention, and this is not modified by available space. (2) I refer the honourable member to the answer to yesterday’s question without notice 77. There were no proposals to build juvenile detention centres.
(1) If a young person is considered to be a risk to the community or the courts consider that he or she should be held in custody, any lack of space within the juvenile detention centres is not a consideration. The courts determine whether a young person needs to be remanded in custody or sentenced to detention, and this is not modified by available space. (2) I refer the honourable member to the answer to yesterday’s question without notice 77. There were no proposals to build juvenile detention centres.
(2) I refer the honourable member to the answer to yesterday’s question without notice 77. There were no proposals to build juvenile detention centres.
(1) Does the minister recognise the grave risk to the community when courts are left with no choice but to allow a growing number of young criminals to avoid detention due to a lack of jail space? (2) If the minister can see the risk, will she resume the process of building new juvenile detention facilities in the mid-west and the goldfields to ensure sentencing options are available to protect the community? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Margaret Rowe for some notice of the question. The Minister for Corrective Services has supplied the following answer - (1) If a young person is considered to be a risk to the community or the courts consider that he or she should be held in custody, any lack of space within the juvenile detention centres is not a consideration. The courts determine whether a young person needs to be remanded in custody or sentenced to detention, and this is not modified by available space. (2) I refer the honourable member to the answer to yesterday’s question without notice 77. There were no proposals to build juvenile detention centres.
(2) If the minister can see the risk, will she resume the process of building new juvenile detention facilities in the mid-west and the goldfields to ensure sentencing options are available to protect the community? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Margaret Rowe for some notice of the question. The Minister for Corrective Services has supplied the following answer - (1) If a young person is considered to be a risk to the community or the courts consider that he or she should be held in custody, any lack of space within the juvenile detention centres is not a consideration. The courts determine whether a young person needs to be remanded in custody or sentenced to detention, and this is not modified by available space. (2) I refer the honourable member to the answer to yesterday’s question without notice 77. There were no proposals to build juvenile detention centres.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Margaret Rowe for some notice of the question. The Minister for Corrective Services has supplied the following answer - (1) If a young person is considered to be a risk to the community or the courts consider that he or she should be held in custody, any lack of space within the juvenile detention centres is not a consideration. The courts determine whether a young person needs to be remanded in custody or sentenced to detention, and this is not modified by available space. (2) I refer the honourable member to the answer to yesterday’s question without notice 77. There were no proposals to build juvenile detention centres.
I thank Hon Margaret Rowe for some notice of the question. The Minister for Corrective Services has supplied the following answer - (1) If a young person is considered to be a risk to the community or the courts consider that he or she should be held in custody, any lack of space within the juvenile detention centres is not a consideration. The courts determine whether a young person needs to be remanded in custody or sentenced to detention, and this is not modified by available space. (2) I refer the honourable member to the answer to yesterday’s question without notice 77. There were no proposals to build juvenile detention centres.
(1) If a young person is considered to be a risk to the community or the courts consider that he or she should be held in custody, any lack of space within the juvenile detention centres is not a consideration. The courts determine whether a young person needs to be remanded in custody or sentenced to detention, and this is not modified by available space. (2) I refer the honourable member to the answer to yesterday’s question without notice 77. There were no proposals to build juvenile detention centres.
(2) I refer the honourable member to the answer to yesterday’s question without notice 77. There were no proposals to build juvenile detention centres.
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