❓ Mr Rundle asks the Premier about a crisis meeting regarding Banksia Hill Detention Centre. The Premier confirms the meeting, outlines key discussion points including legislative changes and rehabilitation efforts, and emphasises personal responsibility.
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BANKSIA
HILL DETENTION CENTRE — MEETING
327. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Premier:
I refer to reports of a second
Banksia Hill Detention Centre crisis meeting on 10 May that would be attended
by the Premier, the Minister for Corrective Services, a representative
of the Department of Justice and the Commissioner of Police, Col Blanch. Has
this meeting occurred; and, if yes, what were the outcomes?
HILL DETENTION CENTRE — MEETING
327. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Premier:
I refer to reports of a second
Banksia Hill Detention Centre crisis meeting on 10 May that would be attended
by the Premier, the Minister for Corrective Services, a representative
of the Department of Justice and the Commissioner of Police, Col Blanch. Has
this meeting occurred; and, if yes, what were the outcomes?
AnswerView source ↗
I had a meeting on the day after the riot at Banksia Hill
Detention Centre. Present were the Minister for Corrective Services, the police
commissioner, the head of the Department of Justice and a range of other staff
members. We discussed various things that can be done, including the fact that
we were bringing forward legislation to ensure that adult detainees would move
to adult custodial facilities. We will introduce those laws. That is something
that will proceed. We discussed a range of other issues surrounding the events
on the day in question. I learnt a lot about what occurred on that particular
evening and how the events came to pass. As I have said many times in this
house—I will repeat it because it is important to note—it is
very important that we continue to invest in measures to rehabilitate, educate,
train and provide opportunities for detainees. I think it is an opportunity for
those detainees in Banksia Hill to have some structure and routine in their
lives and therefore some hope of turning around a life that has been punctuated
by committing offences. That is point one.
Point two is that we will continue to invest in measures in
the broader community, particularly the Target 120 program, to ensure that
young people and families are given the opportunity to divert a pathway that is
directed towards the justice system.
Point three, and I think
it is important, is that everyone uses the appropriate language. The language
needs to be about responsibility and consequence, and accepting
responsibility for your actions. If no-one ever accepts responsibility for
their actions or accepts that anything they do is wrong, people will continue
to do the wrong thing. If excuses are continually made, how do people ever
learn that what they are doing is not the right thing?
Detention Centre. Present were the Minister for Corrective Services, the police
commissioner, the head of the Department of Justice and a range of other staff
members. We discussed various things that can be done, including the fact that
we were bringing forward legislation to ensure that adult detainees would move
to adult custodial facilities. We will introduce those laws. That is something
that will proceed. We discussed a range of other issues surrounding the events
on the day in question. I learnt a lot about what occurred on that particular
evening and how the events came to pass. As I have said many times in this
house—I will repeat it because it is important to note—it is
very important that we continue to invest in measures to rehabilitate, educate,
train and provide opportunities for detainees. I think it is an opportunity for
those detainees in Banksia Hill to have some structure and routine in their
lives and therefore some hope of turning around a life that has been punctuated
by committing offences. That is point one.
Point two is that we will continue to invest in measures in
the broader community, particularly the Target 120 program, to ensure that
young people and families are given the opportunity to divert a pathway that is
directed towards the justice system.
Point three, and I think
it is important, is that everyone uses the appropriate language. The language
needs to be about responsibility and consequence, and accepting
responsibility for your actions. If no-one ever accepts responsibility for
their actions or accepts that anything they do is wrong, people will continue
to do the wrong thing. If excuses are continually made, how do people ever
learn that what they are doing is not the right thing?
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