The Latest Breaking News from Casuarina

Indigenous boy, 16, in critical condition after being found unresponsive at WA youth prison

Boy resuscitated at Casuarina prison before being taken to Perth’s Sir Charles Gairdner hospital

The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2023

‘Horrific’ allegations by WA youth detainees detail sexually inappropriate behaviour and excessive force

Greens MP says letters tabled in parliament allege young people ‘enduring worse conditions than … farm animals’ at Banksia Hill and Casuarina facilities

The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2023

Banksia Hill call for help issued by WA children's commissioner after Casuarina Prison youth riot

Children locked down at WA's main juvenile detention centre need far greater mental health support, according to the woman appointed to look after the interests of the state's children.

ABC News · Apr 17, 2023

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 · Sep 21, 2022

Fears for safety of incarcerated children after fire in Perth maximum security prison

WA Department of Justice reports one person treated for smoke inhalation but concerns remain about conditions inside Caruarina detention facility

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2022

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".

ABC News · Aug 5, 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

Families of Banksia Hill detainees speak out following transfers to Casuarina Prison

Family members of teenage boys relocated to Western Australia's highest security prison fear the move will ensnare them in a cycle of violence, as the national children's commissioner says disadvantaged youth are being blamed for system failures.

ABC News · Jul 25, 2022

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.

ABC News · Jul 14, 2022

Former neo-Nazi Robert Wayne Edhouse sentenced after using 'codes' to communicate bungled armed jail break

A former neo-Nazi spending a life sentence in Casuarina prison for murdering his lover's partner is handed another jail sentence over a failed jail break plot.

ABC News · Jun 23, 2022