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Canberra Bimberi Youth Detention Centre inmates issued good behaviour orders over riot
There will be no more jail time for three boys charged over a 2019 riot at the Bimberi Youth Justice Centre that left multiple staff with injuries.
Key points:
- The three youths were given good behaviour orders in relation to the riot
- In a victim impact statement, one of the workers injured told the court that he suffered from PTSD
- The trio pleaded guilty to charges ranging from assault causing actual bodily harm, common assault, resisting a Territory official and affray
Court documents revealed that during the riot several young detainees attacked the staff using what was to hand, including a computer, a sharp implement and their fists.
The youth workers reported that early in the evening they noticed one person behaving strangely and became…
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