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Close Ashley Youth Detention Centre

Tasmania, Australia2021, ongoingCommission of Inquiry survivors, Tasmanian Aboriginal community, legal services
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Goals

What this campaign seeks

Close Ashley Youth Detention Centre following revelations of decades of child sexual abuse. Transition to community-based therapeutic model.

Tactics

How it works

Survivor advocacy. Commission of Inquiry evidence. Community pressure. Government commitment to closure.

Outcome and status

Where it stands

Government committed to closure by 2024. Delayed but transitioning to community-based model.

Issue areas

Categories

child-abusefacility-closureyouth-justice
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