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| Juvenile inmates 'being singled out for harsher treatment' after riot |
| By theguardian.com - Oliver Laughland |
| Published: 10/03/2013 |
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A number of juvenile inmates temporarily housed at Hakea adult prison in Western Australia are being singled out for harsher treatment because of their involvement in a January riot that saw their former detention centre partially destroyed, a solicitor representing a number of the children has claimed. Anna Copeland, director of clinical legal programmes at Murdoch university in WA, claimed that a number of her clients - whom she visits regularly at Hakea - had been “singled out” for harsher conditions, including being shackled by their ankles and wrists when being transferred between Hakea and Banksia Hill, the centre where the riot occurred on 20 January, for court appearances. She said two of her clients, who have been convicted for their involvement in the riots, were placed on “longer periods of lockdowns” when they were sent back to Banksia Hill for court appearances on a live video link-up. This meant they could not take part in activities with other boys while they were there. She added that she understood that the same treatment was being handed down to other boys in the centre who had also been charged with rioting. She said that treating those who had rioted on 20 January differently to other detainees amounted to “continuing to punish them for what’s happened”. “It seems to us there is a pervasive attitude of continuing to punish these young men, even though the proper processes through court have been dealt with, and their punishments given. Our question is: how much longer are the department for corrective services going to continue to punish them?” Read More. |
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