Youth Detention Centre Case Study

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Residents of Wyndham relieved as planned youth detention centre is relocated away from homes and workplaces.

The Victorian Government’s plans have been changed as rallies and petitions from the residents of the local Wyndham council causes a re-think as to where they build their $244 million youth justice centre.

The centre which is suppose to take over the current Melbourne Youth Justice Centre was announced back in February after constant rioting and breakouts in the Parkville facility.

Mayor of Wyndham Henry Barlow informed the crowds that the council of Wyndham had not been call on over the plans and that the area the Victorian Government chose was meant to be built on in the

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