South Australia's Training Centre Visitor Shona Reid says since she was appointed last year, her office has taken a 'deep dive' into records to uncover the extent of self-harming at the state's youth justice centre. Warning: This story contains references to self-harm.
An emergency warning is in place for a fire burning at Junma Dam and All Nations Mine near Irvinebank in QLD.South Australian children in detention are causing "significant risk and injury" to themselves, the state's youth justice centre watchdog has revealed, with most ambulance call-outs to the centre responding to self-harming incidents.
"Being locked away for a long time as much as we have been can psychologically impact our minds … please help us." She said in some cases, children are only given finger food to eat as they are banned from using cutlery, they must wear clothing made from "tough" canvas that cannot tear, and their access to personal items is restricted."One of the compounding impacts of that is that they are further isolated."It is sometimes a very lonely, scary place to be."
"When a young person is displaying self-harming behaviours, access to items that pose a risk to their safety is limited or removed," they said. "I don't know why girls are in the situation where we've noted that it is used more – I think that is something that we can look at and monitor as we go forward."
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