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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1256 asked in the Legislative Council on 24 November 2022 by Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

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

1256. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

Will the minister please provide the number of suicide attempts and self-harm cases respectively for September 2022, October 2022 and November 2022 to date at each of the youth detention facilities: Banksia Hill Detention Centre, and unit 18?

Hon MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:

I thank the member for some notice of the question.

The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister for Corrective Services.

It is in tabular form and I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard.

[Leave granted for the following material to be incorporated.]

(1)

Attempted Suicide

Self-Harm – Serious

Self-Harm – Minor

Banksia Hill Detention Centre

 

 

 

September 2022

0

2

26

October 2022

0

0

38

November 2022 (to 22nd)

5

0

21

Unit 18 Juvenile Security

 

 

 

September 2022

2

0

25

October 2022

0

0

6

November 2022 (to 22nd)

1

0

20

Definitions

Attempted Suicide

An act where the circumstances indicate the intent of the act was to take their own life through:(a) self-inflicted injury; or(b) self-asphyxiation or hanging; or(c) intentional self-poisoning (including drug overdose); or (d) other intentional acts intended to take one's own life.

Minor Self-Harm

An act of self-harm that does not require overnight hospitalisation, overnight care at a prison medical centre/infirmary or ongoing medical treatment or any other act of self-harm that does not result in injury.

Serious Self-Harm

An act of self-harm that requires either overnight hospitalisation in a medical facility (including prison clinic/infirmary), or ongoing medical treatment.