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Australian Capital Territory - Organisation
Bimberi Youth Justice Centre (2008 - )
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Trish McEwan fears the dysfunctional operation of Canberra's Bimberi Youth Justice Centre will lead to a death in custody., 2011, courtesy of Kathleen Dyett, ABC News.
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- Government-run, Home and Juvenile Justice Centre
The Bimberi Youth Justice Centre, Mitchell, was established in 2008 to replace the Quamby Youth Detention Centre as the ACT's youth custodial facility. It accommodates youth aged 10 to 18 years. Bimberi is the first youth custodial facility to be designed, built and operated under human rights legislation.
Publications
Online Resources
- The ACT Youth Justice System 2011: A Report to the ACT Legislative Assembly by the ACT Human Rights Commission, ACT Human Rights Commission, 29 July 2011, http://web.archive.org/web/20130515131854/http://www.hrc.act.gov.au/res/Volume%20One%20Low%20Res.pdf. Details
- Community Services Directorate, Bimberi Youth Justice Centre and Residential Services, ACT Government, 2011, https://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/youth/bimberi. Details
- Winkworth, G. and White, M., Report to the ACT Human Rights Commision on Structures and Organisational Arrangements to Support Reform in ACT Youth Justice, ACT Government, 2011, https://hrc.act.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Bimberi-Review-Full-Report.pdf. Details
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- Trish McEwan fears the dysfunctional operation of Canberra's Bimberi Youth Justice Centre will lead to a death in custody.
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- Date
- 2011
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- Kathleen Dyett, ABC News
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Sources used to compile this entry: Community Services Directorate, Bimberi Youth Justice Centre and Residential Services, ACT Government, 2011, https://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/youth/bimberi.
Prepared by: Lydia Connell
Created: 20 June 2011, Last modified: 30 August 2013