2324. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
Would the Minister please advise the number of sexual assaults in each Western Australian prison and in Banksia Hill Detention Centre for 2018–19?
Hon Stephen Dawson replied:
Reported Sexual Assaults1 by Facility for Financial Year 2018/2019:
|
Facility |
Victims |
|
Acacia Prison |
11 |
|
Albany Regional Prison |
1 |
|
Bandyup Womens Prison |
3 |
|
Banksia Hill Detention Centre |
0 |
|
Boronia Pre Release Centre |
0 |
|
Broome Regional Prison |
0 |
|
Bunbury Regional Prison |
0 |
|
Casuarina Prison |
1 |
|
Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison |
0 |
|
Greenough Regional Prison |
0 |
|
Hakea Prison |
11 |
|
Karnet Prison Farm |
0 |
|
Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility |
6 |
|
Pardelup Prison Farm |
0 |
|
Roebourne Regional Prison |
0 |
|
Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison |
0 |
|
Wandoo Reintegration Facility |
0 |
|
West Kimberley Regional Prison |
1 |
|
Wooroloo Prison Farm |
0 |
|
Total |
34 |
1 A sexual assault is defined as a critical incident where any sexual act is carried out:
Without a person’s consent
Where consent is given as a result of intimidation or fraud
Where consent is proscribed (i.e. the person is legally deemed incapable of giving consent because of youth, temporary/permanent (mental) incapacity or there is a familial relationship etc.)
Where consent could not be given freely and voluntarily (e.g. due to the victim being intoxicated or unconscious) regardless of whether the sexual assault results in injury or medical treatment.
Sexual assaults include where the victim reports that any person in any manner has sexually assaulted him/her or there is clear evidence of such as assault having occurred. All sexual assaults or allegations are reported to the Western Australia Police Force within 24 hours of the incident occurring.