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More people join Tasmania detention centre class action

An additional 33 people are set to join a class action alleging abuse and neglect at Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre.

AAP · Feb 24, 2023

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

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. This is what it's like inside.

ABC News · Dec 4, 2022

Detention centre 'regrets': ex-Tas premier

A former premier of Tasmania says he regrets not doing more to ensure the safety of children at the troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre.

AAP · Nov 30, 2022

Former worker at Ashley Youth Detention Centre held job for almost a decade after complaints raised, commission of inquiry told

A former worker at Tasmania's notorious Ashley Youth Detention Centre, who was the subject of multiple redress claims, continued to work there for almost another decade, a commission of inquiry examining the centre has heard.

ABC News · Aug 26, 2022

State 'aware' of Tas youth detention abuse

An inquiry has been told an alleged pedophile worked for years at Tasmania's youth detention centre while abuse accusations sat idle on government records.

AAP · Aug 25, 2022

Tas abuse claims 'not pieced together'

An inquiry into child sexual abuse at Tasmania's youth detention centre has been told information about allegations wasn't pieced together until recently.

AAP · Aug 24, 2022

Tasmania's Ashley youth prison closure must be brought forward, children's commissioner, advocates say

One of the people instrumental in the examination of the notorious Don Dale youth prison in Darwin says Tasmania's government should "learn from the example" of how the Northern Territory went against the recommendations of a damning royal commission into its facility for young offenders.

ABC News · Aug 23, 2022

Tas youth staff 'bashed detainee on bed'

An inquiry has been told a detainee at Tasmania's youth detention centre was bashed into a bed frame by a worker after being found self-harming.

AAP · Aug 23, 2022

'Bribed to lie' about Tas youth detention

A former detainee at Tasmania's youth detention centre has told a child sexual abuse inquiry the facility manager bribed him to say "nice things".

AAP · Aug 22, 2022

Tas youth centre staff a 'pack of animals'

A child sexual abuse inquiry has been told staff at a Tasmanian detention centre would break the arms and legs of detainees and block the sun in their cells.

AAP · Aug 21, 2022