BANKSIA HILL DETENTION
CENTRE AND UNIT 18, CASUARINA PRISON —SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND SELF-HARM
813. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
Please
provide the number of suicide attempts and self-harm cases respectively in
August 2022 and September 2022 to date, respectively, at Banksia Hill
Detention Centre and 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.
Self-harm statistics for Banksia
Hill Detention Centre in August 2022 are attempted suicide, nil; self-harm serious,
nil; and self-harm minor, 15 incidents. Self-harm statistics for Banksia Hill
Detention Centre from 1 to 19 September 2022 are attempted suicide, nil;
self-harm serious, two incidents; and self-harm minor, 14 incidents. Self-harm statistics for unit 18 in August 2022
are attempted suicide, nine incidents; self-harm serious, one incident; and self-harm minor, 44 incidents. Self-harm
statistics for unit 18 from 1 to 19 September 2022 are attempted suicide,
one incident; self-harm serious, nil; and self-harm minor, 14 incidents.