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Ethan James

'Concerning' proposal for troubled youth detention hub

A youth detention centre is expected to soon accommodate about 40 minimum-security adult prisoners. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS)

A troubled youth detention centre will become a minimum-security adult prison under a government plan, despite warnings from a child sexual abuse inquiry such a move could be retraumatising.

Former detainees gave evidence about horrific physical and sexual abuse at Tasmania's Youth Detention Centre at an inquiry that concluded in 2021.

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