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Inspector backs Unit 18 closure — but warns Banksia Hill is not ready for it

Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services, Eamon Ryan, has warned he supports the closure of Unit 18 — a youth detention unit located within Perth's maximum-security Casuarina Prison &...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jan 28, 2026
Three of Banksia Hill's rooftop protestors sent to notorious Unit-18

Three of the six children who climbed on to the roof of Western Australia's Banksia Hill Detention Centre have been moved to the notorious Unit-18, a centre within the maximum security adult prison; C...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 25, 2025
WA Children's Commissioner hits back at Police Minister's claim she gave "glowing" review of Banksia Hill

The Western Australian Commissioner for Children and Young People Jacqueline McGowan-Jones has rejected claims by Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia that she gave a "glowing" recent review of B...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 30, 2024
Footage from 2022 Banksia Hill riot shows "outrageous child abuse", says Amnesty International

Footage from 2022 of Banksia Hill riot squad using force on a 16-year-old boy has been released, highlighting yet another "unacceptable and outrageous case of child abuse" and a youth justice system t...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 3, 2024
WA government removes mental health expert tasked with Banksia Hill reforms

Former Mental Health Commissioner Tim Marney will not continue in his role leading reforms of Western Australia's trouble youth justice system, with his contract not renewed after six months in the po...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 3, 2023
Youth inmates at WA's Banksia Hill remain in lockdown

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.

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Aaron Bunch Jul 12, 2023
"Every element of Banksia Hill was failing" - New report scathing of WA youth prison

Western Australia's only youth detention facility is in an "emergency" in which "every element" is failing, the state's Inspector of Custodial Services says in a report made public Thursday.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 8, 2023
Demonstrators at Banksia Hill urge youth justice reforms

More than 200 people gathered at Banksia Hill Detention Centre on Sunday in response to the recent riot and ongoing conditions in the youth prison as well as comments made by WA Premier Mark McGowan r...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 14, 2023
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