Boys self harming in WA adult prison unit

Boys self harming in WA adult prison unit

Between their arrival on July 20 and August 8,there were three attempted suicides and 13 minor self-harm attempts at the facility known as Unit 18.

  • byMichael Ramsey

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$3m a month:Court documents reveal cost of locking up sick refugees in city motel
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$3m a month:Court documents reveal cost of locking up sick refugees in city motel

After months detained in hotel rooms at the Mantra,and later at the Park Hotel in Carlton,most of the refugees were released into the community,where it costs $4429 a year to live on a bridging visa.

  • byBianca Hall
Turkish national killed in Yongah Hill detention centre stabbing
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Crime

Turkish national killed in Yongah Hill detention centre stabbing

Gokhan Can,32,died after being stabbed in his sleep on Wednesday night. The WA Police riot squad were deployed on Thursday morning after a fire was started after the stabbing.

  • byHeather McNeill
Free at last:Detained Tamil family board plane home to Biloela

Free at last:Detained Tamil family board plane home to Biloela

The family have fought against deportation since 2018 and have spent a further year in limbo in Perth after their little girl fell dangerously ill in detention.

  • byHeather McNeill
Former Manus Island guard reaches settlement with G4S,Commonwealth over 2014 riots

Former Manus Island guard reaches settlement with G4S,Commonwealth over 2014 riots

Chandra Osborne was sent without a radio into a riot to gather intelligence. She is one of nine former guards to have been compensated for a combined sum that runs into the “tens of millions” of dollars after the Manus Island uproar.

  • byAdam Cooper andErin Pearson
Authorities probing death of Villawood detainee

Authorities probing death of Villawood detainee

Friends of a man who died in immigration detention in Sydney last weekend say he took his life after being bullied and bashed by other detainees.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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Man accused of running national drug syndicate out of WA detention centre

Man accused of running national drug syndicate out of WA detention centre

A huge police contingent stormed the immigration detention centre to arrest the 33-year-old detainee,who is allegedly part of a national criminal network.

  • byHolly Thompson
WA’s treatment of children in prison is tantamount to torture,but we are the ones who should be scared?
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Opinion

WA’s treatment of children in prison is tantamount to torture,but we are the ones who should be scared?

When asked to comment about Banksia Hill’s hellish conditions creating “monsters”,Premier Mark McGowan donned his state defender cape against the evil tyranny clearly wrought by children as young as 10.

  • byAja Styles
‘Catastrophic’ safety fears over chronic staff shortages at Perth children’s prison

‘Catastrophic’ safety fears over chronic staff shortages at Perth children’s prison

Banksia Hill Detention Centre has been labelled “a tinderbox” by the state’s prison officers union after a Perth court revealed children being locked down for months by chronic understaffing,but the Minister says he has not been told about it.

  • byAja Styles
Caged,isolated,scared:Why Perth Children’s Court president would rather send kids to an adult prison
Investigation
Investigation

Caged,isolated,scared:Why Perth Children’s Court president would rather send kids to an adult prison

WA’s Banksia Hill Detention Centre houses children from age 10. Judge Hylton Quail told a 17-year-old:‘The conditions at Banksia at the moment are very bad and it is frankly a consideration in my deciding now to send you somewhere else because the older boys who I’ve sent to prison have done better in prison’.

  • byAja Styles andLauren Pilat
Tomic raising glasses and eyebrows before COVID diagnosis

Tomic raising glasses and eyebrows before COVID diagnosis

Prior to testing positive to COVID-19,the tennis pro made the most of Melbourne’s nightlife after throwing away any hope of making it to the Australian Open.

  • byLucy Manly