BANKSIA HILL DETENTION CENTRE — SELF-HARM AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDES

1104. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

I refer to Banksia Hill Detention Centre, and I ask:

(a)  how many incidents of self harm were there in:

(i)  2017; and

(ii)  2018 to date; and

(b)  how many attempted suicides were there in:

(i)  2017; and

(ii)  2018 to date?

Hon Stephen Dawson replied:

(a)      (i) 182.

(ii) 72 as at 11 April 2018.

(b)       (i) 5.

(ii) none as at 11 April 2018.