Juvenile Detention
A 16-year-old Aboriginal boy is in a critical but stable condition in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital after being found unresponsive in his cell at a Western Australian youth detention unit.
Inmates at Western Australia's troubled youth detention centre remain in lockdown a day after the state's highest court found three youths were illegally subjected to solitary confinement.
Security at Western Australia's troubled youth detention centre will be bolstered by prison officers, as the Cook government investigates if a new facility is needed.
The Western Australian government is under pressure to bring about substantial change to its juvenile detention system following waves of outrage from the public and many prominent voices.
A lawsuit taking on the Western Australian state government for treatment of Aboriginal children at the Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention centre is set to be one of the largest of its kind.
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