Sex offenders—Chemical castration
625. Hon Maryka Groenewaldto theparliamentary secretary representing the Attorney General:
I refer to the practice of chemical castration for convicted sex offenders in Western Australia.
(1) What substances are authorised for use in the chemical castration of sex offenders?
(2) Are any of those drugs also used in Western Australia to treat minors with gender dysphoria?
Hon Dan Caddy replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1) A court may in certain circumstances order an offender to comply with a medication regime. The specific medication that an offender may be required to take is a matter for Corrective Services officers in consultation with medical practitioners.
(2) This question falls outside the Attorney General's portfolio.
