BANKSIA HILL DETENTION CENTRE–UNIT 18,
CASUARINA —SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND SELF-HARM
647. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to media reports that four youth detainees from unit
18 at Casuarina Prison were taken to hospital last week after swallowing shards
of glass.
(1) How many
children were involved in the self-harm attempt reported in the media, and how
many of those children were taken to hospital?
(2) Have the
children who were taken to hospital since been returned to unit 18, and are
they being provided with appropriate mental health support?
(3) Please
provide the latest number of suicide attempts and self-harm cases in July and
August, to date, respectively, at —
(a) Banksia
Hill Detention Centre; and
(b) unit 18,
Casuarina Prison.
Hon MATTHEW SWINBOURN
replied:
I thank the member for some notice of the question. The
following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Corrective
Services.
(1) Four
children were involved. One young person attended hospital and was returned the
same day with no further medical intervention required.
(2) Yes.
(3) (a) For
the month of July 2022, there were 36 reported minor self-harm attempts and one
attempted suicide attempt at Banksia Hill.
There have been three minor self-harm attempts and nil attempted suicide
attempts at Banksia Hill from 1 to 8 August 2022.
(b) From 20
July to 31 July 2022, there have been two minor self-harm attempts and two
attempted suicide attempts at unit 18 from 1
to 8 August 2022. There have been 11 minor self-harm attempts and one
attempted suicide attempt at unit 18.