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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 5 (Hansard) 16 May) . . Page.. 1446 ..
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NUMBER 218
Belconnen Remand Centre
(1) How many people were detained at the Centre on 15 April 1996.
(2) What is the usual staff requirement for this number of detainees.
(3) What care provisions are made for detainees at the Centre who have a psychiatric illness.
Mr Humphries - The answers to the Member's questions are as follows:
(1) Forty-one
(2) Ten for a morning shift (7 am - 3 pm)
Ten for an evening shift (3 pm - 11 pm)
Four for a night shift (11 pm - 7 am)
(3) Access to mental health, including psychiatric, services for people detained at the Belconnen Remand Centre is provided in a manner as similar as possible as that available in the community.
Shortly following arrival at the Centre, all detainees are seen by a general practitioner. When it comes to the attention of this doctor that the detainee is, or may be, in need of psychiatric or other mental health services, a referral to the Forensic Service within Mental Health Services is made. Usually, a psychologist from that Service conducts an assessment and, where appropriate, refers the detainee for psychiatric assessment and treatment.
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