Recommendation 1
Provide clean and hygienic blankets to all people held in court custody centres.
Recommendation 2
Invest in body scanning technology at court custody centres to minimise the use of strip searching.
Recommendation 3
Revise Ventia and G4S policies on searching to minimise the harm of strip searches by incorporating safeguarding provisions within the Department of Justice’s Commissioner’s Operating Policy and Procedure (COPP) 11.2 – Searching.
Recommendation 4
Ventia to ensure strip searching of young people is used in exceptional circumstances only, and policies and procedures are aligned with the Department of Justice’s policy on searching, and the Court Security and Custodial Services Act 1999.
Recommendation 5
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and people in custody, the Department should conduct an audit of court custody centre infrastructure across the state to identify priority improvements.
Children’s Court of Western Australia Response – Inspection of Court Custody Centres
DOJ Response – Inspection of Court Custody Centres
Ventia Response – Inspection of Court Custody Centres