BANKSIA HILL CLASS ACTION

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What is the action about?

“The themes are invariably the same: excessive lockdowns; punitive, inhumane, and degrading regimes; staff shortages; and a decrease in services.”

– ‘rolling lockdowns’, solitary confinement

– excessive use of force including being ‘folded up’

– little or poor quality out of cell time

– little or no access to essential programmes and services

– education, medical and/or other specialist support services

– ‘rolling lockdowns’, solitary confinement

– excessive use of force including being ‘folded up’

– little or poor quality out of cell time

– little or no access to essential programmes and services

– education, medical and/or other specialist support services

Compensate current and former detainees for the unlawful conditions and/or practices they were subject to in juvenile detention.
Engender comprehensive reform to ensure youth justice in Western Australia is ‘fit for purpose’.
Realise the rehabilitative potential of detention through trauma-informed, culturally adapted, and/or age-appropriate models of behaviour management.