BANKSIA HILL DETENTION CENTRE — YOUNG PEOPLE

3050. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

I refer to young people accommodated at Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre, and I ask:

(a)  how many young people are currently in Banksia Hill Detention Centre; and

(b)  of the young people in (a), how many are in Banksia Hill Detention Centre because there:

(i)  is no appropriate accommodation available for them to be released on bail;

(ii)  is no appropriate accommodation for them to be released on a supervised release order; and

(iii)  are no available placements in an alcohol or drug treatment program?

Hon Stephen Dawson replied:

(a)  As at 14 September 2020 – 83.

(b)  (i)–(iii) Nil.