Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Banksia Hill

'Folding up' restraint may be banned as Banksia Hill summit announced by WA government

The use of a 'figure four' or 'folding up' restraint technique in WA correctional facilities is set to be reviewed, with Premier Mark McGowan also announcing a meeting with key stakeholders over Banksia Hill Detention Centre.

ABC News

Calls for royal commission into WA youth justice, as judge again condemns Banksia Hill

The former head of WA's Children's Court has called for a Royal Commission into the state's juvenile justice system as the fallout over the treatment of youth offenders in the state reaches boiling point.

ABC News

Boys handcuffed, held down by guards and sat on in dangerous youth detention 'folding' restraint

Video footage shows how children are being treated in a youth detention facility facing allegations of excessive force and unlawful confinement.

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

UWA law professor, judge call for WA's Banksia Hill juvenile jail to be closed

Former custodial services inspector Neil Morgan and former Children's Court judge Denis Reynolds are the latest to slam the "appalling" treatment of children at Banksia Hill jail, as the WA Premier continues to defend the transfer of some to an adult prison.

ABC News

Judge accuses WA government of 'flouting the law' over juveniles detained in adult prison

A senior Perth judge accuses the WA government of "flouting the law" and "thumbing its nose at the court" in relation to the ongoing detention of juveniles inside an adult prison.

ABC News

Judge issues WA government contempt of court warning over children detained in adult prison

The WA government is warned it risks being found in contempt of court for continuing to house juvenile detainees in an adult prison, with a senior Perth judge describing what's happening as 'barbaric", "cruel" and "a form of child abuse".

ABC News

‘The system’s broken’: the crisis gripping Australia’s juvenile justice centres

There are calls for urgent reforms across the country, where some jurisdictions incarcerate children as young as 10

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Lawyers to file Federal Court bid to halt transfer of children from Banksia Hill to Casuarina Prison

Lawyers are set to file an application to the Federal Court by the end of the week to stop the WA government from transferring children from the Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre to Casuarina Prison.

ABC News

WA youth prison staff seeking compensation

An independent inspector has questioned the response of Western Australia's government to troubles at the Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre.

AAP

What kind of country are we that treats children in prison with such cruelty and brutality?

Our colonial history began as a convict settlement and the culture of punishment and cruelty has not changed

The Guardian - AU

Anger over 14-year-old boy's move from Banksia Hill youth detention centre to Casuarina Prison

A prominent Perth lawyer expresses outrage that a client aged just 14 is now being held at Casuarina prison, saying he's been given no reason for why the boy was transferred to the maximum-security adult jail.

ABC News

'Isolation, brutality' at WA youth prison

The disability royal commission has heard harrowing evidence about historical conditions inside the Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre in Perth.

AAP

Youths detained at Perth Watch House amid 'exceptional circumstances' at Banksia Hill

WA Police admit "exceptional circumstances" meant two juveniles were kept at the adult Perth Watch House earlier this week, drawing criticism from the state's Commissioner for Children and Young People.

ABC News

Boys self harming in WA adult prison unit

A group of youth detainees moved to a standalone facility at an adult prison in Perth have repeatedly attempted to harm themselves at the new unit.

AAP

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

WA government says transfer of Banksia Hill detainees to Casuarina has 'worked'

The West Australian government claims the relocation of young offenders to an adult prison has "worked", despite reports of self-harm emerging, and a retired judge saying the transfer represents a "broken system".

The Guardian - AU

‘We will see a death’: advocates fear for children inside maximum-security Perth prison after boy self-harms

Teenager taken to WA hospital is one of 17 young people transferred from Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre

ABC News

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

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.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Perth protesters rally over plan to move Banksia Hill Detention Centre boys to Casuarina Prison

WA's Commissioner for Children and Young People and protestors voice their opposition to the transfer of 20 boys from Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre to Casuarina Prison.

The Guardian - AU

Woman fears her teen grandson may die if transferred with other boys to WA adult prison

Noongar grandmother fears for boy’s safety if state government moves him from Banksia Hill juvenile centre to maximum security jail

AAP

Outrage as WA youths moved to adult jail

Greens senator Dorinda Cox is among those criticising the West Australian government over its plans to shift a group of 20 youth detainees to an adult prison.

ABC News

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.

AAP

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.

ABC News

Banksia Hill inmates trash about 100 of juvenile detention centre's cells, leaving them unusable

About 100 cells at Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre have been deemed unusable after being damaged by inmates, but justice advocates say troubled youths are under too much pressure at the facility.

AAP

More unrest at troubled WA juvenile prison

Children at Western Australia's trouble-plagued Banksia Hill prison are breaking walls and smashing property, officials have told a parliamentary hearing.

1 2 3 4

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Department of Justice

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.