Question On Notice No. 6360 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 12 August 2020 by Mr S.K. L'estrange
Question Directed to the: Minister for Emergency Services; Corrective Services
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
(1) How many Indigenous youths aged 10-17 were incarcerated in Western Australia as at 1 July 2017, 1 July 2018, 1 July 2019 and 1 July 2020?
(2) What proportion of the total population of 10-17 year old prisoners were Indigenous as at 1 July 2017, 1 July 2018, 1 July 2019 and 1 July 2020?
Answered on 15 September 2020
(1)(i) 104.
(ii) 122.
(iii) 94.
(iv) 70.
(2)(i) 72%.
(ii) 77%.
(iii) 76%.
(iv) 71%.