Darwin residential youth justice operator sues NT government for breach of contract
An Aboriginal-owned business behind a service housing children and teenagers on bail and in the youth justice system…
Cleveland Dodd’s care in Unit 18 ‘inhumane’, coroner examining youth detention death finds
Western Australia’s first recorded death in youth detention was preventable and the notorious facility where he died should…
Ombudsman delivers youth offending warning to Victorian government in extraordinary intervention
Victoria’s prison watchdog has made an extraordinary intervention into Premier Jacinta Allan’s crime crackdown, warning it leads to…
Mental health reform needed to stop children ending up in prison, doctors say
While incarceration rates continue to soar in the Northern Territory, experts warn mental health reform in the justice…
Child held in solitary cell for more than three days in Don Dale youth prison, investigation finds
An Aboriginal child in youth detention was denied food and refused medication as a coercion “strategy” while held…
Government stands by funding rules barring youth justice organisations from speaking to media
The Queensland government has been accused of “overreach” over funding rules for community youth justice organisations that appear…
Men found not guilty of assaulting former police officer in Geraldton
Two men have been found not guilty of assaulting a former police officer in regional Western Australia. Jack…
NT to reinstate use of spit hoods in youth detention, eight years after royal commission sparked ban
The Northern Territory government has flagged it will reinstate the use of spit hoods on young people in youth…
One week in the NT’s Youth Justice Court shows effects of tough bail laws
It’s a Tuesday morning, the time most kids would be in their first class at school. But in…