2335. 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) 2018 (calendar year); and
(ii) 2018–19 (financial year); and
(b) how many attempted suicides were there in:
(i) 2018 (calendar year); and
(ii) 2018–19 (financial year)?
Hon Stephen Dawson replied:
(a) (i) 172, there were no instances of Serious Self-harm.
(ii) 146, there were no instances of Serious Self-harm.
(b) (i) Nil.
(ii) 1
Self-harm includes self-injury and self-poisoning and is defined as the intentional, direct injuring of body most often done without suicidal intentions.
Serious self-harm relates to the act of self-harm that requires either overnight hospitalisation in a medical facility (including prison clinic/infirmary), or ongoing medical treatment.
Attempted Suicide is the act of self-harm whereby a person attempts to take their own life. Attempted suicides include such examples as attempted hanging, attempted drug overdose, attempted poisoning (other than drugs), serious self-harm (ie extensive mutilation of ones own body) and/or jumping from an elevated platform where the intent of the act was to cause self-harm or death.