In Question Time today, we asked the Minister for Human Services, about two very serious allegations, relating to Ashley Youth Detention Centre.
Another Custodial Inspector report, another swathe of critical failures at Ashley Youth Detention Centre (AYCD) have been exposed.
It is a deeply concerning allegation that children are going to night courts and appearing before a justice of the peace or a bench justice and a prosecutor.
A disproportionate number of young people are sent to remand at Ashley Youth Detention Centre outside the normal operating hours of the Magistrates Court.
The Government ignored the advice in the independent expert Noetic report to close Ashley Youth Detention Centre.
We have information that a senior staff member at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre has recently been stood down.
Tasmania’s Attorney General, Elise Archer, chaired a meeting of her federal, state and territory counterparts yesterday which again failed Australian children.
Information obtained by the Examiner newspaper shows invasive strip searches of children and young people are continuing at high levels.
Cassy discusses the Minister's responsibility for a redacted Youth Custodial Services report in the adjournment.
Cassy O'Connor questions the Minister for Human Services over redactions in a youth custodial justice report.