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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 1171 asked in the Legislative Council on 1 December 2022 by Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

Question Directed to the: Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Parliament: 41 Session: 1


Question

Will the Minister please provide the number of suicide attempts and self-harm cases respectively for November 2022 at each of the youth detention facilities Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Unit 18, respectively?

Answered on 14 February 2023

Table 1: Number of Distinct Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Victim Incidents between 1 and 30 November 2022, by Incident Type and Facility.

 

Victim Incidents

Facility

Attempted Suicide

Self-Harm - Serious

Self-Harm - Minor

Banksia Hill Detention Centre

6

0

32

Unit 18 Juvenile Security

1

0

29

Total

7

0

61

 

Definitions and Terminology

Term

Definition

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.

Self-Harm - Minor

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

Self-Harm - Serious

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

TOMS

Total Offender Management Solution. The custodial application used to capture data about young people in custody.