Victorian juvenile offenders to go to adult prison

The maximum security Barwon prison.

Up to 40 teenage prisoners from Victoria’s youth justice centre at Parkville will be sent to a segregated wing of the maximum security Barwon adult prison after it was gazetted as a youth remand centre and a youth justice custodial centre on November 17.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said an adult prison was the “most appropriate facility” for those responsible for allegedly rioting at the Parkville Justice Centre the previous weekend.

He said the prisoners, all over 16, would be moved to Barwon prison “for a number of months” while the Parkville centre is “fortified”.

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