Commission for Children and Young People says hood used despite no prior spitting incidents
A Victorian child being held in an adult prison was placed in a spit hood while spending months confined to his cell for up to 23 hours a day, the state’s children’s commissioner has revealed., tabled in parliament on Wednesday, the child was kept in “effective isolation” for 24 weeks out of eight months.
The case has reiterated calls by the CCYP for Victoria to ban the detention of children in adult prisons. The commission said it had repeatedly advised the Victorian government that spit hoods should not be used on children. For 20 weeks, the boy had no contact with other prisoners and was confined to his cell for up to 23 hours a day with no access to education, according to the CCYP. For another four weeks, he was regularly placed on an “individual plan” designed to manage his behaviour, spending up to 23 hours a day in his cell.
The inquiry found he had an “unsettled” time in the adult prison and displayed threatening and dangerous behaviour during a number of incidents.
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