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Victorian Government’s decision to send youth rioters to adult prison to be challenged in court
The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service has launched a Supreme Court challenge to the Andrews Government’s decision to place teenagers involved in the Parkville riot in an adult jail.
Dozens of inmates smashed doors, windows and security cameras, ripped apart ceilings and walls and destroyed equipment at the Melbourne Youth Justice Centre earlier this month, leaving a damage bill of up to $1 million.
The Government plans to transfer 40 juvinille offenders to a segregated wing of the…