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Court Rules Teenagers in Adult Jail Unlawful
The detention of teenagers at a Victorian maximum security prison has been ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court – for the second time.
In the judgement handed down on Thursday, Justice John Dixon said the detention infringed on the young people’s human rights and they should be returned to juvenile detention.
The court was asked to rule on whether the…