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Ethan James

HISTORICAL FACTS: More people join tasmania detention centre class action | History Defined

Dozens more people are set to join a class action lawsuit alleging sexual and physical abuse at Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre.

The legal action against the state of Tasmania, which commenced in August on behalf of more than 100 former detainees, was mentioned in the Supreme Court of Tasmania on Friday.

The claims of abuse and mistreatment at the facility in the northwest span from 1961 to 2019.

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