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To put together our interactive on incidents in detention centres we had to make a few decisions on how to present the data. Here's the full breakdown of the methods involved.
To put together our interactive on incidents in detention centres we had to make a few decisions on how to present the data. Here's the full breakdown of the methods involved.
Datasets:
Datasets:
All the incident information came from a document released under a freedom of information request, which was then cleaned up and put into a database by the Detention Logs team.
All the incident information came from a document released under a freedom of information request, which was then cleaned up and put into a database by the Detention Logs team.
The population figures came from the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network. Using these numbers, we calculated the average monthly population at each centre and then used this to determine the incident rates per person at each centre.
The population figures came from the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network. Using these numbers, we calculated the average monthly population at each centre and then used this to determine the incident rates per person at each centre.
Location data:
Location data:
Excluded Virginia Palms Motel from map due to low incident count
Excluded Jandakot APOD from map due to low incident count
Merged Leonora APOD, Leonora Lodge, and Gwalia Lodge
Merged all Christmas Island centres into one category to match population data and reduce inaccuracies due to inconsistent classifications in the original data. This includes Phosphate Hill APOD, Lilac Aqua, North West Point Immigration facility, and Construction Camp APOD
No rates available for first months of Inverbrackie APOD and Leonora APOD due to discrepancy between population and incident figures
Excluded Virginia Palms Motel from map due to low incident count
Excluded Jandakot APOD from map due to low incident count
Merged Leonora APOD, Leonora Lodge, and Gwalia Lodge
Merged all Christmas Island centres into one category to match population data and reduce inaccuracies due to inconsistent classifications in the original data. This includes Phosphate Hill APOD, Lilac Aqua, North West Point Immigration facility, and Construction Camp APOD
No rates available for first months of Inverbrackie APOD and Leonora APOD due to discrepancy between population and incident figures
Population data:
No population figures for December 2009, used November 2009 as nearest
No population figures for July 2010, used June 2010 as nearest
Population data:
No population figures for December 2009, used November 2009 as nearest
No population figures for July 2010, used June 2010 as nearest
Incident data for interactive bar chart:
Incident data for interactive bar chart:
Merged assault - minor, assault not OBH (occasioning bodily harm), and assault - serious into assaults
Merged barricade/sit-In, demonstration - offsite, demonstration - onsite, and riot into demonstrations and riots
Merged voluntary starvation (less than 24 hrs), voluntary starvation ( over 24 hrs) and voluntary starvation by minor into voluntary starvation
Merged disturbance - major and disturbance - minor into disturbances
Merged escape, escape - attempted and escape - mass breakout into escapes
Merged self harm - actual, self harm - threatened, and self harm - attempted serious into self harm - actual/threatened
Merged use of force, use of observation room > 24 hrs, use of restraints, use of restraints - unplanned into force, observation or restraints
Merged assault - minor, assault not OBH (occasioning bodily harm), and assault - serious into assaults
Merged barricade/sit-In, demonstration - offsite, demonstration - onsite, and riot into demonstrations and riots
Merged voluntary starvation (less than 24 hrs), voluntary starvation ( over 24 hrs) and voluntary starvation by minor into voluntary starvation
Merged disturbance - major and disturbance - minor into disturbances
Merged escape, escape - attempted and escape - mass breakout into escapes
Merged self harm - actual, self harm - threatened, and self harm - attempted serious into self harm - actual/threatened
Merged use of force, use of observation room > 24 hrs, use of restraints, use of restraints - unplanned into force, observation or restraints
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