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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1337 asked in the Legislative Council on 19 November 2019 by Hon Ken Baston

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

CORRECTIVE SERVICES — JUVENILE OFFENDERS — REGIONS

1337. Hon KEN BASTON to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

I refer to the corrective services documents ''Quarterly Statistics—Custodial (Youth Detainee) 2019—Quarter 2'' and ''Quarterly Statistics—Youth Community 2019—Quarter 2''.

(1) Of the 123 youth detainees in custody as of 30 June 2019, how many were residents of the following electorates —

(a) Kimberley;

(b) Pilbara;

(c) North West Central; and

(d) Kalgoorlie–goldfields?

(2) Of the 1 471 young people managed in the community as of 30 June 2019, how many were residents of the following electorates —

(a) Kimberley;

(b) Pilbara;

(c) North West Central; and

(d) Kalgoorlie?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

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

The corrective services division in the Department of Justice advises it does not record this data based on electorates; however, the data below is provided based on regions. The regions are Pilbara, Kimberley, Gascoyne and midwest, and goldfields and Esperance. Young people are managed in the community by police and court-referred juvenile justice teams, which involves the preparation of court sentencing reports, serving deferred arrest warrants and any other services provided by youth justice services to young people in the community.

(1) As at midnight 30 June 2019, the number of youth detainees for each region was —

(a) nine in the Pilbara;

(b) 15 in the Kimberley;

(c) six in the midwest and Gascoyne; and

(d) nine in the goldfields and Esperance.

(2) As at midnight 30 June 2019, the number of young people managed in the community for each region was —

(a) 132 in the Pilbara;

(b) 171 in the Kimberley;

(c) 104 in the midwest and Gascoyne; and

(d) 68 in the goldfields and Esperance.