At least one building is burnt to the ground as police set up a command centre at Banksia Hill Detention Centre, with a 'number of detainees' involved, according to the Department of Justice.
Teenage inmates at Perth's Banksia Hill youth detention centre have rioted and a building has been burnt to the ground on New Year's Eve.The Department of Justice says firefighters visited Banksia Hill Detention Centre under police escortThere have been concerns over staffing levels at the facility in the past
Around a dozen detainees could be seen on top of a perimeter fence as flames and smoke billowed from one of the buildings.
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