YOUTH DETENTION
1208. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to the recent Supreme Court
decision of 25 August 2022 that declared that the lockdown of the 14-year-old
applicant was unlawful, and recent media reports that Judge Quail was informed
that those lockdowns would continue for the rest of the year, and most likely
into the first quarter of 2023.
Given that the review of the Young
Offenders Act 1995 is expected to take 12 months, what action has the
Department of Justice taken since 25 August 2022 to enable youth detention to
comply with the Supreme Court's decision, which found that the
implementation of extensive rolling lockdowns was unlawful?
Hon
MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:
As mentioned to the member behind
the chair, I do not have an answer to that question today, but an answer will
be provided tomorrow.