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Teen who shot at his school gets three years detention

A 15-year-old boy who fired shots at his school, terrifying staff and students, has been sentenced to three years in detention but may be released sooner.

AAP · Feb 29, 2024

Court hears of 'hopeless' youth detention conditions

A 17-year-old boy with an extensive criminal record has been sentenced to an adult prison after engaging in riots in troubled youth detention facilities.

AAP · Jun 19, 2023

Family anger at boy’s sentence for killing pregnant mum

A Perth teen who lay in wait behind a wall before throwing a concrete block that fatally injured a pregnant mother will serve five years in detention.

The New Daily · Apr 28, 2023

'Folding up' restraint may be banned as Banksia Hill summit announced by WA government

The use of a 'figure four' or 'folding up' restraint technique in WA correctional facilities is set to be reviewed, with Premier Mark McGowan also announcing a meeting with key stakeholders over Banksia Hill Detention Centre.

ABC News · Nov 14, 2022

Calls for royal commission into WA youth justice, as judge again condemns Banksia Hill

The former head of WA's Children's Court has called for a Royal Commission into the state's juvenile justice system as the fallout over the treatment of youth offenders in the state reaches boiling point.

ABC News · Nov 14, 2022

Boys handcuffed, held down by guards and sat on in dangerous youth detention 'folding' restraint

Video footage shows how children are being treated in a youth detention facility facing allegations of excessive force and unlawful confinement.

ABC News · Nov 13, 2022

UWA law professor, judge call for WA's Banksia Hill juvenile jail to be closed

Former custodial services inspector Neil Morgan and former Children's Court judge Denis Reynolds are the latest to slam the "appalling" treatment of children at Banksia Hill jail, as the WA Premier continues to defend the transfer of some to an adult prison.

ABC News · Nov 8, 2022

Judge accuses WA government of 'flouting the law' over juveniles detained in adult prison

A senior Perth judge accuses the WA government of "flouting the law" and "thumbing its nose at the court" in relation to the ongoing detention of juveniles inside an adult prison.

ABC News · Nov 8, 2022

Mark McGowan at loggerheads with children's court over detention of youths at Casuarina Prison

Mark McGowan says he disagrees with the state's children's court and the way it is handling some juvenile detainees in the latest escalation over the detention of teenagers in part of an adult prison.

ABC News · Oct 26, 2022

Judge issues WA government contempt of court warning over children detained in adult prison

The WA government is warned it risks being found in contempt of court for continuing to house juvenile detainees in an adult prison, with a senior Perth judge describing what's happening as 'barbaric", "cruel" and "a form of child abuse".

ABC News · Oct 21, 2022