PRISONS — SEXUAL ASSAULTS

1975. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Emergency Services; Corrective Services:

I refer to serious assaults in Western Australian prisons and Banksia Hill Detention Centre, and I ask:

(a) separately for each adult prison and for Banksia Hill Detention Centre would the Minister please advise the number of sexual assaults in:

(i) 2016–17;

(ii) 2017–18;

(iii) and 2018–19 to date?

Hon Stephen Dawson replied:

Number of sexual assault incidents, with a breakdown by facility, 1 July 2016 to 28 February 2019:

Adult prisons

2016–17

2017–18

2018–19

Acacia Prison

2 3 8

Albany Regional Prison

0 0 1

Bandyup Women’s Prison

5 0 2

Boronia Pre Release Centre

0 0 0

Broome Regional Prison

0 0 0

Bunbury Regional Prison

0 0 0

Casuarina Prison

2 1 1

Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison

0 1 0

Greenough Regional Prison

0 0 0

Hakea Prison

4 2 6

Karnet Prison Farm

1 0 0

Melaleuca Remand And Reintegration Facility

0 0 2

Pardelup Prison Farm

0 0 0

Roebourne Regional Prison

0 0 0

Wandoo Reintegration Facility

0 0 -

Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison

- - 0

West Kimberley Regional Prison

0 0 1

Wooroloo Prison Farm

0 0 0

Total

14 8 21

Youth Detention

     

Banksia Hill Detention Centre

2 1 0

 

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