❓ Hon Dr Brad Pettitt requests information on deaths in custody in WA adult prisons and youth detention facilities for the 2025 calendar year to date. The Minister provides a table detailing the date, facility, Aboriginality status, and remand status for each death.
AnsweredQoN 384Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
Corrective services—Deaths in custody
384. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the minister representing
the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to adult
prison and youth detention facilities.
Can the minister
please provide a list of each death in custody this calendar year to date,
including:
(1) the date the death occurred;
(2) the prison or facility in which the individual
was detained;
(3) whether the person was Aboriginal or Torres
Strait Islander; and
(4) whether the person was on remand?
384. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the minister representing
the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to adult
prison and youth detention facilities.
Can the minister
please provide a list of each death in custody this calendar year to date,
including:
(1) the date the death occurred;
(2) the prison or facility in which the individual
was detained;
(3) whether the person was Aboriginal or Torres
Strait Islander; and
(4) whether the person was on remand?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice of
the question. The Minister for Corrective Services has provided the following response. The Department of Justice advises that for the 2025
calendar year to date, the following deaths in custody have occurred. The
information is in tabular form, so I seek to have the table incorporated into Hansard .
Leave
granted for the following material to be incorporated.
Date of Death
Aboriginality
Status
Facility
13 January
2025
Non-Aboriginal
Sentenced
Casuarina
Prison
21 February
2025
Non-Aboriginal
Remand
Melaleuca
Women's Prison
7 March 2025
Aboriginal
Remand
Casuarina
Prison
27 March 2025
Non-Aboriginal
Sentenced
Casuarina
Prison
2 April 2025
Aboriginal
Remand
Eastern
Goldfields Regional Prison
7 May 2025
Aboriginal
Sentenced
Casuarina
Prison
9 May 2025
Non-Aboriginal
Remand
Hakea Prison
10 May 2025
Aboriginal
Sentenced
Casuarina
Prison
the question. The Minister for Corrective Services has provided the following response. The Department of Justice advises that for the 2025
calendar year to date, the following deaths in custody have occurred. The
information is in tabular form, so I seek to have the table incorporated into Hansard .
Leave
granted for the following material to be incorporated.
Date of Death
Aboriginality
Status
Facility
13 January
2025
Non-Aboriginal
Sentenced
Casuarina
Prison
21 February
2025
Non-Aboriginal
Remand
Melaleuca
Women's Prison
7 March 2025
Aboriginal
Remand
Casuarina
Prison
27 March 2025
Non-Aboriginal
Sentenced
Casuarina
Prison
2 April 2025
Aboriginal
Remand
Eastern
Goldfields Regional Prison
7 May 2025
Aboriginal
Sentenced
Casuarina
Prison
9 May 2025
Non-Aboriginal
Remand
Hakea Prison
10 May 2025
Aboriginal
Sentenced
Casuarina
Prison
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