A former Inspector of Custodial Services in Western Australia is calling for the state's troubled youth detention facility Banksia Hill to be closed as soon as is practicable and the criminal age of responsibility raised to 14.
Neil Morgan, now an emeritus professor at the University of WA, told ABC Radio Perth the facility was a "disaster", with too many inmates of differing ages, genders and situations housed under the same roof, and plagued by staff shortages.
