Children to be kept in maximum security adult prison amid ‘significant’ Banksia Hill damage Originally published on nit.com.au written by Giovanni Torre Advocates have condemned the West Australian government’s plan to move youth to the state’s “worst” maximum security adult prison. In a statement released late on Tuesday, Corrective Services said the management of the […]

Banksia Hill and 17 other children’s prisons must be abolished Originally published on greenleft.org.au written by Gerry Georgatos Western Australia’s most vulnerable regional children are still being jailed at Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre. Many have been uprooted from around the state and may spend months there, thousands of kilometres from home. Some, including parliamentarians, […]

Banksia Hill inmates to be relocated to new youth facility at Casuarina after cells damaged Originally published on abc.net.au written by Grace Burmas A “difficult cohort” of young offenders at Banksia Hill Detention Centre will be relocated to a new facility at an adult prison after damaging cells and behaving aggressively towards staff. The group […]

Seventeen Banksia Hill juvenile inmates moved to Casuarina Prison Originally published on abc.net.au written by Grace Burmas A group of 17 teenagers has been relocated from Banksia Hill Detention Centre to an isolated unit at a maximum security prison, despite a backlash from advocates. The state government announced the plan on July 5 and said […]