The Department manages two detention centres for juvenile offenders (aged 10-17 years) – Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre and Rangeview Juvenile Remand Centre.
Juveniles are held in custody in these centres when awaiting bail or their court case to be heard, when awaiting sentencing or when they have been sentenced to detention.
Young offenders are referred to as detainees. Centre staff are referred to as juvenile custodial officers rather than prison officers.
The involvement of parents and responsible adults in the planning and implementation of detainees’ development programs is an important part of the juvenile custodial process.
Juvenile Custodial Services as part of its mandate to manage young people in juvenile detention and remand centres has responsibility to maintain a set of legislated rules to manage these centres. Juvenile Custodial Rules provides regulations for the management, control and security of both the juvenile custodial centres and the detainees accommodated within them.
Last Updated: 22-Aug-2008
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