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Coroner calls for urgent closure of troubled youth jail

The coroner hearing an inquest for an Indigenous teen who fatally self-harmed in a youth detention centre has provisionally recommended the facility close.

AAP · Dec 10, 2024

'Cruel and inhumane': teen's solitary cell before death

An Indigenous teen spent more than 22 hours per day in solitary confinement in youth detention before he fatally self-harmed, an inquest has been told.

AAP · Jul 29, 2024

'I was ... hurting kids': ex-justice chief breaks down

Children were subjected to cruel punishment that amounted to institutional abuse in youth detention, a former justice department boss has told an inquest.

AAP · Jul 24, 2024

WA youth prison could face more lockdowns

Lawyers will seek a Federal Court injunction on the transfer of children to a standalone unit at a maximum-security adult prison in Western Australia.

AAP · Oct 6, 2022

Sending teens to maximum security prisons shows Australia needs to raise the age of criminal responsibility

The recent transfer of a “difficult cohort” of teenagers to a maximum-security adult prison in Western Australia raises familiar questions about Australia’s prison system.

The Conversation · Aug 10, 2022

Transfer of Banksia Hill detainees to Casuarina Prison a sign of a 'broken' system, retired judge says

The longest-serving president of Western Australia's children's court has slammed the state's youth justice system as "broken" and "a basket case", following the recent transfer of teenage boys from Banksia Hill Detention Centre to an adult prison.

ABC News · Aug 3, 2022

Seventeen Banksia Hill juvenile inmates moved to Casuarina Prison

The teenagers, formerly detained at Banksia Hill Detention Centre, move to an isolated unit at the maximum-security Casuarina Prison.

ABC News · Jul 20, 2022

WA government moves boys to adult prison

The transfer of 17 boys from a West Australian youth detention facility to an adult prison has been completed despite outrage from justice advocates.

AAP · Jul 20, 2022

Banksia Hill inmates to be relocated to new youth facility at Casuarina after cells damaged

A group of 20 young offenders from Banksia Hill detention centre will be relocated to a new youth facility at Casuarina Prison in a move an advocate says is gearing them up for a life in the criminal justice system.

ABC News · Jul 5, 2022

Disruptive WA youths moved to adult jail

Authorities have moved about 20 detainees from a youth detention centre in Perth to an adult jail because of disruptive and violent behaviour.

AAP · Jul 5, 2022