Corrective Services

CORRECTIVE SERVICES — TRANSITION SUPPORT — NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME

1060. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

I refer to transition support provided to prisoners exiting prison and young people leaving youth justice detention, and I ask:

(a)  are prisoners and young people in youth justice detention provided support to apply for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS);

(b)  if yes to (a):

(i)  who provides this support; and

Youth justice must rehabilitate, not cause further harm to children and young people

Urgent action is needed to reform the state’s youth justice system, Greens spokesperson for Corrective Services Hon Alison Xamon has said, following revelations of the impact restrictive practices are having on the rehabilitation of young people in Banksia Hill Detention Centre.

Ms Xamon said it was absolutely unacceptable that a young person currently detained at Banksia Hill had been kept isolated from important programs and services since May last year.

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