Supreme Court declares detention of children in adult jails illegal

Supreme Court declares detention of children in adult jails illegal

The Andrews government's youth crime solution is in tatters after the Victorian Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that jailing children in adult prisons is illegal. It now faces a scramble to find alternative accommodation for more than a dozen young people, after Supreme Court Justice Gregory Garde said the children must be removed from Barwon Prison by 4pm on Thursday, and transferred to another remand centre in Victoria.

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