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1 month, 3 weeks ago

NT government prepares to move children from Don Dale Youth Detention Centre to new youth prison

ABC

A brand new Northern Territory youth detention facility is on the cusp of opening and accepting detainees in Darwin, multiple sources have told the ABC. The ABC understands youth detainees will soon be moved out of their current location at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre, also called the Berrimah prison, to the new youth detention centre in Holtze to make …

Early Darwin Adult Youth Detention Overcrowding Youth Prison Nt Corrections

8 months, 1 week ago

Don Dale Detention Centre may continue operating as adult prison, NT chief minister says

ABC

In short: A royal commission recommended the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre be closed by February 2018, but the facility is still detaining children. A royal commission recommended the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre be closed by February 2018, but the facility is still detaining children. The notorious Don Dale Youth Detention Centre may be repurposed into an adult prison, …

Youth Royal Children Prison Facility Darwin Berrimah

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Twin Peaks' Agent Cooper: How TV's strangest detective was born

BBC

Twin Peaks' Agent Cooper: How TV's strangest detective was born Getty Images In exclusive archive BBC interviews the creators of the 90s TV series talk about their unique vision – and how the eccentric character at its centre, Special Agent Dale Cooper, was based on the director David Lynch's own personality. On 8 April 1990, Twin Peaks viewers were introduced …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Don Dale detention centre critics accuse Labor and CLP of using youth justice to win election

ABC

In short: As the NT grapples with a youth crime crisis, legal experts, advocates and a former detainee say Don Dale Youth Detention Centre is compounding the problem. As the NT grapples with a youth crime crisis, legal experts, advocates and a former detainee say Don Dale Youth Detention Centre is compounding the problem. "I'm really excited about closing Don …

Youth Labor Royal Prison Election Win Going

1 year, 2 months ago

Years after the NT royal commission into youth detention, why has Don Dale not yet been replaced?

ABC

More than five years after a royal commission recommended Darwin's notorious Don Dale Youth Detention Centre be closed, the facility is still in use. Five years since youth detention royal commission Photo shows Commissioners Mick Gooda and Margaret White as seen through the bars of Don Dale When the findings of the royal commission sparked by Four Corner's Don Dale …

Youth Children Justice Detention Commission Centre Facility

1 year, 3 months ago

NT government ordered to pay nearly $1 million to former Don Dale inmates tear gassed in 2014

ABC

The Northern Territory Supreme Court has awarded nearly $1 million in damages to four former Don Dale youth detention centre inmates over their unlawful tear gassing in 2014. Key points: A Supreme Court justice has ruled that the NT government must pay "exemplary damages" to four plaintiffs The damages relate to an incident that happened in the notorious Darwin youth …

Youth Supreme Court Court Detention Supreme Plaintiffs Nt Government

1 year, 5 months ago

Probe launched into transfer of children from Alice Springs Youth Detention Centre to Don Dale

ABC

The Acting NT Children's Commissioner is launching a probe into whether there was "adequate planning" before dozens of children were removed from the Alice Springs Youth Detention Centre and transported 1,500 kilometres to the notorious Don Dale facility near Darwin. Key points: Nicole Hucks is undertaking an inquiry into the transition of youth detainees from Alice Springs to Don Dale …

Children Detention Transfer Young Young People Centre Alice

2 years ago

Plans to move children from Alice Springs Youth Detention Centre to Don Dale criticised

ABC

Children held at the Alice Springs Youth Detention Centre will be transferred 1,500 kilometres away to the notorious Don Dale facility for up to three months due to "major upgrades", according to the Department of Territory Families. Key points: Dozens of young people will be transferred from Alice springs to Don Dale Accommodation at the Alice Springs youth detention centre …

Detention Families Young Young People Department Centre Territory

2 years, 1 month ago

Five years since the NT royal commission into youth detention and child protection, there is hope, disappointment and fear

ABC

Every Friday, a crowd of protesters gather on the side of the road outside the now-infamous Don Dale youth detention centre on the industrial outskirts of Darwin. The spike was the intended result of "tougher than ever" changes to youth bail laws made by a Labor government elected on promises to reform the Northern Territory's "broken" youth justice system. When …

Labor Royal Bail Child Protection Child Young Young People

2 years, 6 months ago

Self-harm incidents inside Don Dale spark intervention of NT Children's Commissioner

ABC

The Northern Territory Acting Children's Commissioner says she is "seriously concerned" after multiple recent incidents of self-harm inside Darwin's Don Dale youth detention facility. Key points: The use of "extended lockdowns" has been linked to mental health issues inside the facility The incidents have also been linked to the introduction of tougher youth bail laws last year The bail changes …

Youth Children Bail Incidents Young Young People Territory

3 years ago

Boy, 10, held on remand in Don Dale as detainee numbers almost double following tougher bail laws in NT

ABC

Tougher bail laws have triggered a surge in young people held in detention in the Northern Territory, including the first 10-year-old to be held in the Don Dale facility since the 2017 royal commission into youth detention. Key points: The number of young people in detention has almost doubled since tougher bail laws began in May almost doubled since tougher …

Youth Royal Bail Detention Changes Young Young People

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