Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre is an Australian
juvenile prison facility for offenders aged 10–17 years, located at
Canning Vale, Western Australia. It was opened in September 1997 to replace Longmore Detention Centre in
Bentley.
Overview
The detainees have access to a variety of activities and educational programs. All detainees have individual "case management plans", which map out the education, training, employment, counselling or other activities they will do whilst in the centre, to work towards their return into the community.
Detainees must attend school until the end of the year they turn 17.
Controversy
In January 2023, Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre made headlines in Australia after a
class action
A class action, also known as a class-action lawsuit, class suit, or representative action, is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member or members of that group. The class actio ...
was launched against the facility, involving 500 children and young adults who had been detained at the centre. In an affidavit, an allegation was made by an 18-year-old
autistic
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female who claimed she had her human rights violated while detained–she alleges that she was subjected to
shackling
A shackle (or shacklebolt), also known as a gyve, is a U-shaped piece of metal secured with a clevis pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism. The term also applies to handcuff ...
, seven months of solitary confinement and physical abuse.
See also
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Rangeview Juvenile Remand Centre
References
Corrective Services - Banksia Hill Detention Centre
Prisons in Western Australia
1997 establishments in Australia
Juvenile detention centres in Australia
Canning Vale, Western Australia
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