00:00A youth prison regularly on edge.
00:05In one case, seven or eight senior large officers restraining a young person.
00:09In another case, ten officers going into the cell of a young person.
00:13We don't want that for our kids. This could be your kid, it could be my kid.
00:17I think it's really important to go back to basics and look at the model of care.
00:22The report by the multi-agency group contains significant criticisms
00:25about how Bimbury Youth Justice Centre is run and the safety of children inside.
00:31Many young people were stuck in their units.
00:33Instead of getting to education, instead of getting to programs and activities,
00:37keeping them in units where they're not able to really integrate with their peers
00:42does have a significant detrimental impact on young people's mental health.
00:46The parent of a young person previously held at Bimbury told the ABC
00:50they recognised the difficult environment the report describes.
00:54While my child was at Bimbury, there were numerous code blacks
00:57where detainees turn on each other or staff
01:00and the entire facility goes into lockdown.
01:02The result is a highly volatile young person
01:05who has been in survival mode inside an institution.
01:08Poor record keeping of what happens inside and its consequences
01:12is repeatedly highlighted as a problem.
01:15So too the lack of access to health and education services.
01:18We have this unique opportunity to actually further their learning,
01:22but also to think about what they need by way of rehabilitation
01:25to enable them to leave Bimbury and ideally not re-offend.
01:30A key recommendation is that staff use body-worn security cameras.
01:34Body-worn camera footage can demonstrate that someone has in fact
01:37used force appropriately as well as recording if it's not used appropriately.
01:41So we think it's in the interests of everyone involved
01:44that there's clear evidence of what actually took place.
01:47The ACT government says it will seriously consider all six recommendations
01:51made in the report, but that maintaining safety at Bimbury is a balancing act.
01:55Overwhelmingly, the officials at Bimbury do a fantastic job
01:59and they are dedicated to improving the lives of young people.
02:02The minister says he will watch with great interest the difference
02:05body-worn security cameras make in other jurisdictions.
02:08I think there are more pressing CCTV issues that have been made in previous reports
02:14that the government would seek to respond to as a priority.
02:16How the government responds will be crucial to what happens to kids doing time.
02:21We'll see you next time.
02:22We'll see you next time.
