Ashley youth detention: Children's Commissioner wants independent monitoring of Tasmanian centre
8 years, 7 months ago

Ashley youth detention: Children's Commissioner wants independent monitoring of Tasmanian centre

ABC  

Tasmania's Children's Commissioner believes a review of staff conduct at the state's only youth detention centre makes the case for independent monitoring. It is understood a group of teenage boys smashed windows and threatened staff at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre at Deloraine in the state's north. "I've been a long-time advocate for independent monitoring of youth justice detention centres and, with the soon-to-be-implemented inspectorate of prisons here in Tasmania, I think that will be a significant step forward." Confidence in youth detention important: union The Public Sector Union's Tom Lynch welcomed the review, particularly given the recent focus on juvenile justice.

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Queensland parliamentary committee gives green light to LNP's 'adult crime, adult time' youth justice policy
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Queensland parliamentary committee gives green light to LNP's 'adult crime, adult time' youth justice policy

ABC  

A Queensland parliamentary committee has given the green light to the state government's contentious youth justice law changes, which include the LNP's centrepiece "adult crime, adult time" policy. In another submission, Australian Workers' Union — which represents workers in detention centres — said the proposed changes would lead to an "influx of youth offenders entering a youth detention system that …

Judge set to rule on settlement for former Ashley Youth Detention Centre detainees
4 months ago

Judge set to rule on settlement for former Ashley Youth Detention Centre detainees

ABC  

A Tasmanian Supreme Court judge is set to rule on whether a $75 million compensation payment for 129 former detainees of the state's only youth prison be approved. In Tasmania's first class action, it was alleged the former inmates had suffered, witnessed or were threatened with sexual abuse, serious physical abuse, and false imprisonment while at the Ashley Youth Detention …

Children's commissioner releases report into NT youth detention, days before government set to lower criminal age
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Children's commissioner releases report into NT youth detention, days before government set to lower criminal age

ABC  

A new report examining the experiences of children in Northern Territory detention centres has urgently recommended the government suspend plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility. The report, published by the Office of the NT Children's Commissioner, studied 17 children aged 10 to 13 years old held in NT youth detention centres between 2022 and 2023. The report was …

Ashley Youth Detention Centre replacement facilities shelved for community-service approach by Tasmanian government
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ashley Youth Detention Centre replacement facilities shelved for community-service approach by Tasmanian government

ABC  

The Tasmanian government appears to have shelved four out of the five facilities it was going to build to replace the state's troubled youth detention centre. Labelled a "gladiator pit" and a "prison for kids" the horrors of the Ashley Youth Detention Centre spilled into the spotlight during the state's Commission of Inquiry into Government Responses to Child Sexual Abuse …

Prison watchdog flags human rights concerns at Cleveland Youth Detention Centre
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Prison watchdog flags human rights concerns at Cleveland Youth Detention Centre

ABC  

Locking children in separation rooms with no toilets or running water in youth detention raises significant human rights concerns, Queensland's prison watchdog warns. The report's recommendations included amending the Youth Justice Act to better protect children held in isolation and ensuring all separation rooms and holding cells have proper amenities. Improvement, but children locked in rooms alone Cleveland Youth Detention …

Tasmanian Liberals election promise to 'crack down' on young offenders questioned in wake of Ashley findings
1 year ago

Tasmanian Liberals election promise to 'crack down' on young offenders questioned in wake of Ashley findings

ABC  

In short: As part of their election campaign ahead of the March 23 election, the Tasmanian Liberals say they will recruit more police, toughen penalties for hooning, road rage and theft and "deploy a strike force" to target serial criminals. Labor says the plan "misunderstands the reason we're seeing crime occur", while Tasmania's children's commissioner says "we cannot arrest our …

Tasmania moving to new youth justice model after inquiry finds widespread system failures
1 year, 3 months ago

Tasmania moving to new youth justice model after inquiry finds widespread system failures

ABC  

In short: The Tasmanian government is embarking on a decade-long reform of the state's youth justice system, after a commission of inquiry found widespread harm for young people. The Tasmanian government is embarking on a decade-long reform of the state's youth justice system, after a commission of inquiry found widespread harm for young people. It follows a commission of inquiry …

Tasmanian government releases official response to child sexual abuse inquiry report
1 year, 3 months ago

Tasmanian government releases official response to child sexual abuse inquiry report

ABC  

Tasmania's Premier has promised to rebuild trust in government departments and institutions that failed to protect children from sexual abuse. Three months after the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional settings handed down its almost 3,000-page report, the government has released its full response, entitled Keeping Children Safe and Rebuilding Trust. Tasmania's …

Child inmates at risk of abuse in Ashley detention centre, Tasmanian inquiry warns, but Pontville option years off
1 year, 6 months ago

Child inmates at risk of abuse in Ashley detention centre, Tasmanian inquiry warns, but Pontville option years off

ABC  

Quick read In short: The sexual abuse of children at Ashley Youth Detention Centre, Tasmania's only custodial facility for youth inmates, "remains a live and current risk" and not a thing of the past, a commission of inquiry has found. Premier Jeremy Rockliff says "if there was any capacity to close it now, we would" — but the lack of …

Inside Tasmania's youth detention centre, repeat offenders are writing songs about change
1 year, 6 months ago

Inside Tasmania's youth detention centre, repeat offenders are writing songs about change

ABC  

Children awaiting sentencing can spend up to 23 hours a day locked in a cell inside Tasmania's only youth detention centre, the children's commissioner says. Head of the inquiry, Marcia Neave, says it was the commission's view that the Ashley Youth Detention Centre should be closed as a "matter of urgency". "There is no child in detention at Ashley Youth …

Lawyers win access to files in New Hampshire youth detention center abuse case
1 year, 7 months ago

Lawyers win access to files in New Hampshire youth detention center abuse case

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Details of the criminal investigation …

The challenges of reporting on youth crime and detention in Queensland
1 year, 7 months ago

The challenges of reporting on youth crime and detention in Queensland

ABC  

Warning: This article contains references to suicide I looked out the plane window at the burnt orange landscape of the lands of the Kalkadoon people, where the Queensland regional mining town of Mount Isa sits. Listen to the series Photo shows The rooves of buildings and three smelter stacks from the Mount Isa mine against a blueish purple sky Journey …

Youth justice overhaul 'directly at odds' with Path to Treaty and Closing the Gap, Queensland government warned
2 years ago

Youth justice overhaul 'directly at odds' with Path to Treaty and Closing the Gap, Queensland government warned

ABC  

Queensland's proposed youth justice overhaul is "racially prejudicial", at odds with Path to Treaty and Closing the Gap commitments, and could be met with "extreme resistance" from detention workers, the government has been warned. In one submission, the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak accused the government of a lack of consultation with First Nations leaders, saying …

Queensland parents hiring private investigators to track down wayward teens as state grapples with youth crime 'crisis'
2 years, 1 month ago

Queensland parents hiring private investigators to track down wayward teens as state grapples with youth crime 'crisis'

ABC  

Desperate parents are turning to private investigators to stop their kids from becoming young offenders as criminal lawyers warn Queensland is facing a youth crime "crisis". Key points: Investigators say they are increasingly tracking down runaway teenagers Lawyers say juvenile criminals almost always come from "significant disadvantage" "significant disadvantage" Queensland has the largest number of children in custody The increasing …

Queensland tops nation for child detention and youth repeat offenders, Productivity Commission data reveals
2 years, 2 months ago

Queensland tops nation for child detention and youth repeat offenders, Productivity Commission data reveals

ABC  

New figures released today by the Productivity Commission reveal more than half of youth offenders released from supervision were re-sentenced for new offences within 12 months of their release. Key points: 1,347 Queensland young people per day were subject to supervision orders in 2021-22 Queensland recorded the highest daily average of young people in youth detention Two thirds of nights …

Inside Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre, where kids say they get no help
2 years, 3 months ago

Inside Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre, where kids say they get no help

ABC  

A "gladiator pit", a "war zone", a "kindergarten for the adult prison" — these are just some of the ways Tasmania's only youth detention centre has been described. "I was angry … I think my son's at Ashley, that he's safe where he is, but he's actually got heart issues and no one from that centre has let me know." …

Dangerous 'folding up' restraint to be banned in West Australian youth detention this month
2 years, 3 months ago

Dangerous 'folding up' restraint to be banned in West Australian youth detention this month

ABC  

The potentially-deadly "folding up" practice used on children by youth detention officers in Western Australia will be banned within weeks and replaced with an alternative method. Both the premier and Mr Johnston admitted to being previously "unaware" of the restraint's use in Western Australia, despite it being outlawed in Queensland five years earlier due to the risk of suffocation and …

How Four Corners' Locking Up Kids exposed use of controversial 'folding up' restraint in West Australian youth detention centre
2 years, 4 months ago

How Four Corners' Locking Up Kids exposed use of controversial 'folding up' restraint in West Australian youth detention centre

ABC  

Six years after a Four Corners expose of the Northern Territory's juvenile justice system triggered international outrage and a royal commission, the program launched a forensic investigation of youth detention in Western Australia amid allegations of the use of excessive force and unlawful confinement. Journalist Grace Tobin spent seven weeks investigating youth detention in Western Australia. It was almost 12 …

What does youth detention look like in other parts of the world?
2 years, 4 months ago

What does youth detention look like in other parts of the world?

ABC  

As he watched vision of a teenager being "folded up" and wrestled to the ground by staff at youth detention centres on the other side of the world, David McGuire had a sinking feeling of deja vu. Mr McGuire said the key staff members in Diagrama centres were qualified educators, social workers and psychologists, while security staff acted as "a …

Australia facing questions at the UN about 'horrific' issues and 'significant concerns'
2 years, 4 months ago

Australia facing questions at the UN about 'horrific' issues and 'significant concerns'

ABC  

In the same week ABC's Four Corners revealed allegations of abuse inside a West Australian youth detention facility, the United Nations has been grilling Australia over its treatment of people in detention. Key points: Australia is facing questions about youth and immigration detention, Indigenous incarceration and Aboriginal deaths in custody A UN committee member described the over-representation of Aboriginal people …

The hidden report that spells out the dismal failures of youth detention policy in Australia
2 years, 4 months ago

The hidden report that spells out the dismal failures of youth detention policy in Australia

ABC  

It's a report that politicians don't want you to see. Four Corners, as part of an investigation into ongoing abuses within youth detention, has obtained a report of the Council of Attorneys-General review examining the age of criminal responsibility. "The Commonwealth, State and Territory governments should raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 years of age, without exception," …

Boys handcuffed, held down by guards and sat on in dangerous youth detention 'folding' restraint
2 years, 4 months ago

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

ABC  

Officers drag the boy to the ground, handcuff him, and force him into his cell. Six years after Four Corners exposed the brutal treatment of young detainees inside in the Northern Territory's notorious Don Dale facility, the program can reveal serious allegations of excessive force in Western Australia's only youth detention centre, Banksia Hill. "There's a sameness of these allegations …

If locking up children in youth detention only makes them repeat offenders, is there a better way?
2 years, 4 months ago

If locking up children in youth detention only makes them repeat offenders, is there a better way?

ABC  

Queensland authorities have known for years that placing children in youth detention is the worst of all possible outcomes — it’s state government policy to keep kids out of custody. Which is why the Premier’s declaration last month that the government is “looking at expanding youth justice detention” and flagging a new youth detention centre in Cairns caught child safety …

Queensland's youth justice system 'in crisis' amid human rights breaches, children's commissioner warns
2 years, 4 months ago

Queensland's youth justice system 'in crisis' amid human rights breaches, children's commissioner warns

ABC  

Queensland is systematically breaching human rights by locking up more children in police watch houses, Australia's National Children's Commissioner says. Key points: Cairns is one of several sites being considered for a fourth youth detention centre to be built Children's Commissioner Anne Hollonds says Australia's youth justice system is "in a state of crisis" There are about 291 young people …

Crowding in Townsville's youth detention centre sees children detained in adult watchhouses
2 years, 5 months ago

Crowding in Townsville's youth detention centre sees children detained in adult watchhouses

ABC  

A teenage girl was detained in a watchhouse with adults because of crowding in regional youth detention, it has been revealed. Key points: The Cleveland Youth Detention Centre is experiencing crowding after a spate of property crimes Police say young offenders are being detained for longer due to "comprehensive bail objections" A Queensland court has heard a teenage girl was …

Nine ministers had oversight of the Ashley Youth Detention Centre, but all of them were absent from the abuse inquiry
2 years, 6 months ago

Nine ministers had oversight of the Ashley Youth Detention Centre, but all of them were absent from the abuse inquiry

ABC  

Australians have heard shocking and harrowing evidence over recent weeks about young people being mistreated while incarcerated at Tasmania's only juvenile detention centre. Photo shows A graphic showing a medical worker with blackened face looking at a folder in front of a sign reading: LGH Emergency After horrific tales of invasive strip searches, beatings and gang rapes, Tasmania's Commission of …

Female detainee tells of Ashley prison abuse and 'favouritism' of some male inmates by staff
2 years, 7 months ago

Female detainee tells of Ashley prison abuse and 'favouritism' of some male inmates by staff

ABC  

Abused, miserable and locked up, Charlotte* turned to self-harm — but when she was caught by a youth worker, the response was far from kind. Key points: Abuse at Ashley has been the focus of recent hearings by the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings Charlotte spent time at Tasmania's custodial …

Ashley youth detainee alleges bribes offered if 'nice things' said about Tasmanian prison at abuse inquiry
2 years, 7 months ago

Ashley youth detainee alleges bribes offered if 'nice things' said about Tasmanian prison at abuse inquiry

ABC  

A former detainee of Tasmania's youth detention centre has told the commission of inquiry into child sexual abuse he was bribed by the current centre manager to say nice things about the facility — while the centre's manager says he was greeted with a "voodoo doll with pins through the heart" on his first day. Key points: More evidence has …

The Ashley Youth Detention Centre is set for closure, so here's how the government will replace it
2 years, 7 months ago

The Ashley Youth Detention Centre is set for closure, so here's how the government will replace it

ABC  

Tasmania's Commission of Inquiry has heard shocking and horrific evidence about a culture of violence and sexual abuse at the state's only youth detention facility, with one expert saying he would "raze Ashley to the ground" if he could. Counsel assisting the commission Rachel Ellyard warned the evidence presented about the Ashley Youth Detention Centre would be "confronting and distressing" …

Former Ashley Youth Detention Centre detainees lodge class action over alleged abuse
2 years, 7 months ago

Former Ashley Youth Detention Centre detainees lodge class action over alleged abuse

ABC  

More than 100 former detainees of Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre have lodged a class action in Tasmania's Supreme Court, alleging they were whipped, kicked, bullied, encouraged to join gangs, sexually abused and stripped naked. Key points: The court documents detail the claims of the four men dating back to the early 1990s One man alleged that he found the …

Four former Ashley Youth Detention Centre residents sue Tasmanian government over alleged abuse
2 years, 7 months ago

Four former Ashley Youth Detention Centre residents sue Tasmanian government over alleged abuse

ABC  

Another four former residents of Ashley Youth Detention Centre in Tasmania's north are taking legal action against the Tasmanian government over allegations they were sexually and physically abused by guards while in the care of the facility. Key points: Court documents show one child who was a detainee at the facility in 1996 was allegedly pinned down in his room …

Ashley Youth Detention Centre ends lockdown that kept detainees in rooms amid staff shortage
2 years, 8 months ago

Ashley Youth Detention Centre ends lockdown that kept detainees in rooms amid staff shortage

ABC  

A two-week lockdown that forced Tasmanian youth detainees to be shut in their rooms for up to 23 hours a day has ended. Key points: On some days during the two-week lockdown, there were five youth workers to take care of the juvenile offenders The 12 detainees were only let out of their rooms on a 40-minute rotational basis The …

Tasmania set to be first jurisdiction to raise minimum age of children in youth detention
2 years, 9 months ago

Tasmania set to be first jurisdiction to raise minimum age of children in youth detention

ABC  

At about 11 years old, Alexander* found himself in Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre. Key points: Advocates hope raising the age of detention is also a step towards raising the age of criminal responsibility The change will come into force in 2024 A former youth detainee has called for more diversionary programs to help keep young people out of the …

Work culture could be why detention centre staff have 'unfavourable views about children', commission hears
2 years, 10 months ago

Work culture could be why detention centre staff have 'unfavourable views about children', commission hears

ABC  

"Negative socialisation" could explain why the behaviour and attitudes of Ashley Youth Detention Centre workers might reflect attitudes of "years past", Tasmania's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry has heard. Key points: Tasmania's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry has heard evidence about organisational culture The commission heard that negative socialisation of new workers could turn them from being pro-children …

As Ashley Youth Detention Centre closes, Tasmania looking at new programs for at-risk youth
3 years, 4 months ago

As Ashley Youth Detention Centre closes, Tasmania looking at new programs for at-risk youth

ABC  

At a rural property in south-east Tasmania, boys have been put through their paces in what's believed to be an Australian first. Key points: Tasmania will shut the Ashley Youth Detention Centre over the next three years and replace it with a therapeutic model of care JCP Youth director Will Smith says he has had success with a camp for …

Commission of inquiry into child sexual abuse in Tasmanian institutions begins
3 years, 5 months ago

Commission of inquiry into child sexual abuse in Tasmanian institutions begins

ABC  

Picturesque Launceston is a small city in a small state, with a population of about 70,000 people living around the Tamar River. 'Sorry doesn't fix the years of suffering': Survivor angry police ignored allegations Photo shows Sexual abuse survivor Keelie McMahon looks at the camera. The shocking revelations came after the state was rocked by a series of historical child …

What it's like on the frontline of the Northern Territory's soaring youth detention numbers
3 years, 5 months ago

What it's like on the frontline of the Northern Territory's soaring youth detention numbers

ABC  

Andrew Lockyer has made the 25-minute drive to the Alice Springs Youth Detention Centre more times than he can count. Key points: More than 60 young people have entered the NT justice system for the first time since May Youth justice advocates are concerned it's the result of controversial youth bail laws The number of youth detainees in the NT …

Why wasn't the Ashley Youth Detention Centre closed earlier?
3 years, 6 months ago

Why wasn't the Ashley Youth Detention Centre closed earlier?

ABC  

It's been easy for Tasmanian governments to avoid listening to the voices of children locked up in the Ashley Youth Detention Centre. More than 120 people have joined a class action against the Tasmanian government, claiming they were abused while in the care of the state at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre. "What kept Ashley Youth Detention Centre open after …

Ashley Youth Detention Centre in Tasmania's north to close down and be replaced by two new facilities
3 years, 6 months ago

Ashley Youth Detention Centre in Tasmania's north to close down and be replaced by two new facilities

ABC  

Tasmania's troubled youth detention centre will be closed and replaced with a therapeutic model of care, in a significant change of direction announced by the state government. Key points: Two separate facilities across the state will replace the Ashley Youth Detention Centre over the next three years The centre has been the subject of sexual abuse claims and is the …

Female Ashley detention worker alleges bullying and sexual harassment
3 years, 10 months ago

Female Ashley detention worker alleges bullying and sexual harassment

ABC  

Female employees of Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre say they were subject to sexist, bullying behaviour by other staff while working at the facility. Key points: One woman alleges she was "subjected to severe bullying" by some staff The worker ultimately went on stress leave Another woman alleges she left her job following severe bullying One woman was brought …

Ashley Youth Detention Centre staffer accused of rape was not stood down for 10 months, Tasmanian Parliament hears
4 years ago

Ashley Youth Detention Centre staffer accused of rape was not stood down for 10 months, Tasmanian Parliament hears

ABC  

Management at Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre knew a staff member had been accused of a rape for 10 months before standing them down, according to a claim made in Tasmania's Parliament. Greens leader Cassy O'Connor told Parliament management became aware of a potential incident involving a staff member and a teenager at the facility in January 2020. "How can …

Report details multiple failings at Ashley Youth Detention Centre
4 years ago

Report details multiple failings at Ashley Youth Detention Centre

ABC  

Tasmania's Custodial Inspector has laid bare a series of extraordinary deficiencies at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre, in a report covering 2019 that was tabled in state parliament on Thursday. Key points: A report by Tasmania's Custodial Inspector has revealed multiple failings at Ashley Youth Detention Centre Staff shortages were of dire concern and have prevented suicide and self-harm checks …

Tasmanian Government has paid $3.68m in workers compensation to youth detention centre staff since 2015
4 years, 3 months ago

Tasmanian Government has paid $3.68m in workers compensation to youth detention centre staff since 2015

ABC  

The Tasmanian Government has forked out millions of dollars in workers compensation to staff members at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre in the past five years, documents obtained through a Right to Information request show. Key points: The youth detention centre has come under increased scrutiny due to claims of understaffing and alleged abuse by workers The total cost of …

Former premier labels Ashley a 'mini Risdon Prison', urges its closure
4 years, 3 months ago

Former premier labels Ashley a 'mini Risdon Prison', urges its closure

ABC  

A former Tasmanian Labor premier has described how she "felt sick" walking into Ashley Youth Detention Centre when responsible for the facility, and is joining calls for the Liberal State Government to close it down. Key points: A former premier who was also responsible for Ashley Youth Detention Centre says the facility was putting children on the "pathway to Risdon" …

Staffer accused of Ashley Youth Detention Centre abuse promoted
4 years, 3 months ago

Staffer accused of Ashley Youth Detention Centre abuse promoted

ABC  

An employee of Tasmania's only youth detention centre was promoted after allegations of serious misconduct were made against them, the ABC can reveal. Key points: Greens leader Cassy O'Connor told Parliament she's had numerous complaints from the public disputing Government claims Ashley is safe for children She wants confirmation whether a staff member stood down after rape allegations had recently …

Rape accusations against three government departments — what comes next?
4 years, 4 months ago

Rape accusations against three government departments — what comes next?

ABC  

Staff across three Tasmanian government departments have been accused of raping children in their care in a series of shocking allegations that date back to at least the 1970s. Instead, the Government has announced three separate inquiries: one apiece into the Education and Health Departments, and another into allegations of misconduct at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre. Education and health …

Youth detention centre worker stood down following rape allegations, Parliament told
4 years, 4 months ago

Youth detention centre worker stood down following rape allegations, Parliament told

ABC  

A worker accused of rape is among three staff stood down from Ashley Youth Detention Centre in Tasmania's north pending investigation into "hundreds" of serious allegations, the state's Parliament has heard. Key points: The Greens revealed the allegations in State Parliament during Question Time Human Services Minister Roger Jaensch has confirmed three staff members have been stood down over historic …

Class action prepared against Tasmanian Government alleging abuse at Ashley Youth Detention Centre
4 years, 7 months ago

Class action prepared against Tasmanian Government alleging abuse at Ashley Youth Detention Centre

ABC  

Nick* was 17 years old when he was detained at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre in the early 2000s. Key points: Nick was detained on remand at Ashley for two months, and he said it had a "massive impact" on his life After interviews with 100 former Ashley detainees, lawyer Sebastian Buscemi is preparing a class action The action will …

Landmark report details experiences of young people detained at Adelaide Youth Training Centre
4 years, 8 months ago

Landmark report details experiences of young people detained at Adelaide Youth Training Centre

ABC  

"Pants off, naked from waist down; facing front, slight bend at knees and lift scrotum up; turn around, with back to staff member; squat and cough; turn back around." Key points: A landmark report into Adelaide Youth Training Centre was tabled in Parliament this week The rarely-heard voices of young detainees are published in its pages Guardian for Children Penny …

Ashley Youth Detention Centre stand-off prompts concerns for staff, young offenders
5 years, 3 months ago

Ashley Youth Detention Centre stand-off prompts concerns for staff, young offenders

ABC  

Staff and three inmates at Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre have been involved in a stand-off lasting more than three hours. Mr Moore said the three offenders had been "placed in a unit" but would not say whether they were in isolation. The recent custodial inspector's report found there was "very little real security" in the detention centre that "appeared …

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