HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 - The Untold Story

Banksia Hill call for help issued by WA children's commissioner after Casuarina Prison youth riot

Children locked down at WA's main juvenile detention centre need far greater mental health support, according to the woman appointed to look after the interests of the state's children.

ABC News · Apr 17, 2023

Banksia Hill detention centre guard Mark Griffen appears in Perth court over alleged detainee assault

A Banksia Hill officer accused of using excessive force when dealing with a teenage inmate who admitted using threatening language against him, goes on trial.

ABC News · Mar 16, 2023

Youth prison guards walk off job at Banksia Hill Detention Centre as industrial dispute escalates

Youth custodial officers at the Banksia Hill Detention Centre walk off the job as they ramp up their industrial action against the state government.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Banksia Hill: autistic teenage girl ‘treated like a dog’ at detention centre, class action alleges

Girl, first detained at 13, suffered ‘extremely traumatic’ restraining with handcuffs, leg shackles and spit hoods, court document claims

The Guardian - AU · Jan 13, 2023

Teens' Banksia Hill treatment revealed

A class action has been filed with the Federal Court detailing the allegedly shocking treatment of teenagers at Perth's Banksia Hill Detention Centre.

AAP · Jan 13, 2023

Centre damaged in NYE youth detention riot

A disturbance at Perth's troubled Banksia Hill youth detention centre continued into the early hours of the new year.

AAP · Jan 1, 2023

Disturbance at WA youth detention centre

Detainees at the troubled Banksia Hill youth detention centre in Western Australia have lit a fire and climbed onto roof tops on New Year's Eve.

AAP · Dec 31, 2022

WA Aboriginal Legal Service's Banksia Hill case sees government admit unlawfully detaining children

WA's Supreme Court hears of the 'damaging' impact long periods of confinement are having on children, as the government blames staffing, infrastructure and detainee behaviour.

ABC News · Dec 23, 2022

Review sought over WA youth jail lockdowns

The Supreme Court in Western Australia is due to hear an application on Friday related to continued lockdowns at a troubled youth detention centre.

AAP · Dec 22, 2022

ALS launches legal challenge to WA government over 'inhumane' detention of children at Banksia Hill, Casuarina

The Aboriginal Legal Service takes the WA government to court again over what it says is the illegal and inhumane detention of children, claiming its attempts to raise the issue have fallen on deaf ears.

ABC News · Dec 8, 2022