An inquest into the death of an Indigenous teenager in Casuarina Prison's Unit 18 reveals allegations of institutional racism and a toxic staff culture. The unit, established in July 2022 following riots at Banksia Hill Detention Centre, was plagued by severe issues that a consultant feared to address due to job security concerns.
Casuarina Prison ’s Unit 18 was established in July 2022 after riots and damage to cells at Western Australia’s main youth detention centre, Banksia Hill . Casuarina Prison ’s Unit 18 was established in July 2022 after riots and damage to cells at Western Australia’s main youth detention centre, Banksia Hill .
Unit 18 was established in July 2022 after riots and damage to cells at Western Australia’s main youth detention centre, Banksia Hill. He said achieving cultural change was a “very delicate exercise” and he could only “push” at a pace that the facility’s leadership and management was prepared to accept.
“There were other priorities that needed to be addressed, to seek to protect the young people, and those priorities took priority over that issue of institutional racism,” he said.
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