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Report details multiple failings at Ashley Youth Detention Centre
Tasmania’s Custodial Inspector has laid bare a series of extraordinary deficiencies at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre, in a report covering 2019 that was tabled in state parliament on Thursday.
Key points:
- A report by Tasmania’s Custodial Inspector has revealed multiple failings at Ashley Youth Detention Centre
- Staff shortages were of dire concern and have prevented suicide and self-harm checks on detainees, the report found
- The Custodial Inspector said he was confident workplace management was improving
The report said staff shortages were so dire workers were being placed at “unnecessary risk” and unable to perform suicide and self-harm checks on detainees.
Ashley staff had raised concerns about nepotism in relation to promotions or…
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