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Former judge labels Mark McGowan's comments on Banksia Hill Detention Centre 'seriously misleading'

WA Premier Mark McGowan’s comments on youth crime are a political strategy to distract from the unlawful treatment of children in the state’s youth justice facility, according to a former president of the WA Children’s Court.

The Premier yesterday dismissed claims a 13-year-old girl was held in solitary confinement in Banksia Hill Detention Centre for more than seven months straight as "hard to believe".

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