BANKSIA HILL DETENTION CENTRE — SELF-HARM
1099. Hon PETER COLLIER to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
(1) What is the total number of juveniles who have
been held at Banksia Hill Detention Centre in 2022 to date?
(2) How many of those referred to in
(1) have attempted suicide or self-harm in 2022?
Hon
MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer is based on information
provided to me by the Minister for Corrective Services.
(1) A total of 729 juveniles have
been held.
(2) The answer to this is in tabular
form.
I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard.
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
|
Occurrence
Description
|
Distinct
Young People
|
|
Attempted
Suicide
|
20
|
|
Self-Harm
– Minor
|
94
|
|
Self-Harm
– Serious
|
3
|
There
is also a note that says that numbers in the table do not add up to an overall
total. This is because some individuals involved are included in more
than one self-harm or attempted suicide category.