1968. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Emergency Services; Corrective Services:
I refer to strip searches at Banksia Hill Detention Centre, and I ask:
(a) how many strip searches of children and young people in Banksia Hill were conducted in:
(i) 2015;
(ii) 2016;
(iii) 2017;
(iv) 2018; and
(v) 2019 to date; and
(b) on how many occasions did strip searching result in the discovery of contraband in:
(i) 2015;
(ii) 2016;
(iii) 2017;
(iv) 2018; and
(v) 2019 to date?
Hon Stephen Dawson replied:
(a) Strip searches of children and young people in Banksia Hill conducted in:
(i) 2015: 9068
(ii) 2016: 3746
(iii) 2017: 2446
(iv) 2018: 1609
(v) 2019 to date: 93
(b) Occasions strip searching resulting in the discovery of contraband in:
(i) 2015: 16
(ii) 2016: 6
(iii) 2017: 23
(iv) 2018: 6
(v) 2019 to date: 0