Parliamentary Questions

BANKSIA HILL DETENTION CENTRE AND UNIT 18 DETAINEES — SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND SELF-HARM INCIDENTS

1592. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

I refer to youth detention. Will the minister please provide the following information on Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18, respectively, for November 2024 to date?

(1) The number of suicide and self-harm attempts.

(2) The monthly average out-of-cell hours.

(3) The number of occasions a young person spent 20 or more hours in their cell.

(4) The number of occasions a young person spent four or more hours out of their cell.

(5) Will the minister commit to publishing monthly updates on suicide and self-harm attempts in youth detention following the conclusion of Parliament at the end of this week?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1)–(4) The answers to questions 1, 2, 3 and 4 are in tabular form. I seek leave to have the table incorporated into Hansard.

Answer(1) Answer 1

�Table 1. Banksia Hill Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 and 27 November 2024.

* Incomplete Month

�Table 2. Unit 18 Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 and 27 November 2024.

* Incomplete Month

(2) Answer 2

Table 3. Banksia Hill and Unit 18 Average Out of Cell Hours between 1 and 27 November 2024.

* Incomplete Month

(3) Answer 3

Table 4. Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on which a young person spent 20 or more hours in Cell between 1 and 27 November 2024.

* Incomplete Month

(4) Answer 4

Table 5. Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on which a young person spent 4 or more hours out of Cell between 1 and 27 November 2024.

* Incomplete Month

(5) No.