Boy, 15, in solitary for 79 days Originally published on The Australian written by Paige Taylor A 15-year-old boy was locked alone in a glass-walled observation cell for 79 days, including Christmas Day, and on just 34 of those days he was led from solitary confinement to a 20m-long cage where he was permitted to […]

Caged, isolated, scared: Why Perth Children’s Court president would rather send kids to an adult prison Originally published on WA Today written by Aja Styles and Lauren Pilat A West Australian children’s prison has been accused of human rights violations so dire that a Perth judge would rather send 17-year-olds to a maximum-security prison for […]

Darwin Calling Originally published on Arena Online written by John B. Lawrence SC ‘Let us look at ourselves, if we have the courage, to see what is happening to us.’ Jean-Paul Sartre, preface to Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth The White/Gooda Royal Commission’s recommendations from four years ago have been largely ignored, and the […]

Banksia Hill Detention Centre: Explosive claims of mistreatment made during Bunbury Children’s Court hearing   Originally published on The West Australian written by Carly Laden A South West magistrate has postponed the sentencing of a teenage thief and ordered a report from WA’s only juvenile jail after being told detainees were being locked in their […]