National Indigenous Times on Instagram “Don’t lock them away, it is not working”: Member for North Metropolitan, Hon Peter Collier, addresses the trauma of detainees at Banksia Hill Detention Centre in WA.

#ChangeTheLaw
#ChangeThePunishment
#Rehabilitation not #Retribution
#BanksiaHill #WesternAustralia
#ChildDetention = #ChildAbuse

Just stop this!

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#BanksiaHill #YouthDetention facility: 'The alleged denial of exercise, education, solitary confinement, excessive use of restraints and lack of family contact at Banksia Hill was likened to “torture” by Amnesty International in 2018.'...

'Those aged 10 to 17 are sent to #BanksiaHill, WA’s only custodial facility for children, from all over the state.

In many cases, it means being thousands of kilometres away from family and...

Training young ppl in WA’s #BanksiaHill youth prison to be emergency volunteers - imposing paternalist, colonialist values? Or giving kids hope, purpose & pathways to jobs post-release? It’s worth a try......

@hayleympassmore on neurodevelopmental difficulties among #YoungPeople in #BanksiaHill #YouthDetentionCentre: 36% diagnosed with #FASD, 89% with brain impairment, 65% with multiple impairments @JypNetwork #ANZSOC2018