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Don Dale Youth Detention Centre
Australian juvenile detention centre / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Don Dale Youth Detention Centre is a facility for juvenile detention in the Northern Territory, Australia, located in Berrimah, east of Darwin. It is a detention centre for male and female juvenile delinquents.[2] The facility is named after Don Dale, a former Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 1989 and one-time Minister for Correctional Services.
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Location | Berrimah, Northern Territory |
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Coordinates | 12.445775°S 130.940616°E / -12.445775; 130.940616 |
Status | Operational |
Security class | Maximum, for juvenile[1] males and females |
Opened | November 1991[1] |
Managed by | Northern Territory Correctional Services |
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On 25 July 2016, the ABC broadcast a Four Corners report that disclosed the abuse of youths in the Northern Territory corrections system which triggered the Royal Commission into Juvenile Detention in the Northern Territory.