Don Dale
Children are set to be moved out of Darwin's Don Dale Youth Detention Centre for the final time, as an overburdened Northern Territory jail system continues to play musical beds with prisoners.
Almost eight years after the nation was rocked by images of child inmate in a spithood and restrained to a metal chair, a new youth detention centre has been unveiled in Darwin.
The Northern Territory government has been criticised for announcing an expansion and new funding for prisons, with justice groups arguing the funds should be used for evidence-based solutions rather...
This statement by Dr Hannah McGlade was delivered to the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues in New York on 15 April, 2024. Kaya! Warm regards to all Indigenous youth here at this session of the...
Children were left calling for help in their locked cells during a riot at the troubled Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin, it's alleged.
Legal experts have blamed the latest riot at the Northern Territory's notorious Don Dale youth detention centre on failing standards and inadequate care.
The Northern Territory parliament resumes this week with legislation on the powers of the Territory's Children's Commissioner to be among bills debated.
Indigenous MP Marion Scrymgour has argued children who commit crimes need to be treated with "tough love", arguing raising the age of criminal responsibility in the NT was failing, in an extraordinary...
The Northern Territory Supreme Court has awarded nearly $1million in damages to four Indigenous former inmates of the notorious Don Dale youth detention centre over an unlawful tear gassing in 2014.
The Northern Territory's acting commissioner for children has launched an inquiry into transfers from the Alice Springs youth detention centre to the notorious Don Dale facility.
Nationwide protests on Saturday called by Arrernte Elders and 'Close Don Dale' grandmothers demanded the closure of the Northern Territory's notorious Don Dale Youth Detention Centre and the abolition...
A large spike in incarcerated children and self-harm at the Northern Territory's Don Dale prison has sparked grave fears it could take a death for serious steps to be taken to address the issue.
Leading Territory justice groups have slammed the Northern Territory government for a new law limiting the compensation payable to people abused in detention.