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The Justice Reform Initiative has called on the Western Australian government to commit to funding genuine alternatives to incarceration, following a damning assessment of the state’s juvenile detention centre, which has been lashed for its “cruel”, “inhuman” and “degrading” treatment of detainees. In a report tabled in the WA Parliament on Tuesday, the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services revealed that many children held at Banksia Hill Detention Centre faced extensive periods of isolation in small cells, which were often in a poor state, in breach of their human rights. Justice Reform Initiative executive director Mindy Sotiri said the findings of the report were disturbing but sadly no surprise given long-held concerns about Banksia Hill. Dr Sotiri said the government had no choice but to act. “As Inspector Eamon Ryan said himself, this facility is ‘not fit for purpose’,” she said. “Children as young as 10, many of whom haven't been sentenced, are being locked up in circumstances that deprive them of the care, support, social interaction, and access to opportunity, that every single child requires to thrive.” “I have no doubt that in the future, we as a community, will look back at the way Australia imprisons children at places like Banksia Hill and be absolutely horrified.” The out-of-cycle inspection, which was carried out in December, was prompted by increasing concerns about the welfare of detainees and staff in the wake of a rising number of critical incidents, including detainee self-harm, suicide attempts, and staff assaults. “Due to staffing shortages, detainees are often locked into their cells for most of the day, preventing meaningful social interaction with peers and staff,” the report said. “This typically leads detainees to act out and increasingly there are more detainees self-harming.” Following the inspection, the Department of Justice was issued with a “show cause” notice advising that detainees in the facility’s Intensive Sup