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Security cameras were offline during ‘critical incident’ at troubled youth detention centre
Security cameras at northern Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre w...
Callan Morse 4 May 2026
Indigenous children locked up at 'distressingly high' rate in Tasmanian youth detention centre
New Department of Education, Children and Young People (DECYP) data indicates In...
Callan Morse 17 Mar 2026
‘Locking up children is not the answer’: Aboriginal Legal Service sounds alarm over Tasmania's youth justice system
Tasmania's Aboriginal Legal Service has reaffirmed its opposition to the state's...
Callan Morse 4 Mar 2026
Elder calls for senior Aboriginal involvement to support Indigenous youth at Tasmanian detention centre
A respected Tasmanian Elder has called for senior Aboriginal intervention to sup...
Callan Morse 6 Feb 2026
Safety at troubled Tasmanian youth detention centre in the spotlight following fire, alleged assault
The safety of detainees at Northern Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre (AY...
Callan Morse 5 Feb 2026
Staff set to strike at troubled Tasmanian youth detention centre

Staff at a troubled Tasmanian youth detention centre are set to strike on Tuesday. Ashley Youth Detention Centre (Ashley) employees are set to participate in joint stop-work action on Tuesday afternoo...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Feb 3, 2026
United Nations report condemns treatment of young people at Tasmanian youth detention centre

A United Nations review of Australia's human rights compliance has heavily criticised Northern Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre (Ashley), the facility labelled an especially serious example of...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jan 30, 2026
Aboriginal legal service raises concerns following transfer of Indigenous youth from detention to adult prison

Two young Indigenous people have been transferred from youth detention to an adult prison facility in Tasmania, with concerns raised by the state's Aboriginal legal service.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Dec 30, 2025
‘Torture-adjacent practice’: Aboriginal justice groups condemn ‘completely unacceptable’ treatment of young person in Tasmanian state care

Revelations security staff at a Tasmanian youth detention centre used a young person's t-shirt to create an improvised spit hood have sparked an outcry from Aboriginal legal and advocacy groups.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Dec 5, 2025
Report uncovers ‘systemic issues’ at Tasmanian youth detention centre

Systemic issues related to the transportation of children and young people to and from Northern Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre (AYDC) have been highlighted by the state's Office of the Custo...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Dec 2, 2025
‘The punitive approach is not working’: Custodial Inspector’s report raises alarm

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service says the Office of the Custodial Inspector's Annual Report exposes "a continuing failure by the Tasmanian Government" to provide humane and culturally safe condi...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Nov 6, 2025
National Network backs Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre call for closure of state’s youth detention centre

The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls has supported the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre's calls for the notorious Ashley Youth Detention Centre to be closed.

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 12, 2025
Tasmania Aboriginal Centre calls for “immediate closure” of state’s troubled youth detention centre

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre has called for the immediate closure of northern Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre. It comes after the Tasmanian government earlier this week confirmed the troub...

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 8, 2025
Ashley Youth Detention Centre closure delayed again

Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre will remain in operation until at least early 2028 after the state government pushed back its closure date for the third time.

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 6, 2025
“The state is paying the price for these failings”: Abused detainees of Ashley Youth Detention Centre to share $75 million settlement

More than 100 former detainees of a Tasmanian youth detention centre are set to receive a multi-million dollar state government payout after allegedly being abused in state care.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Nov 26, 2024
Tasmania Aboriginal Legal Service backs commissioner’s calls for taskforce to reduce number of children in Ashley Youth Detention Centre

Tasmanian Commissioner for Children and Young People, Leanne McLean has called for urgent action from the Tasmanian government to reduce the number of children held in northern Tasmania's notorious As...

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 23, 2024
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