Banksia Hill Detention Centre: Rikki Hendon on ABC720 17 February, 2022
Channel: CPSU/CSA
Date: 2022-02-17

CPSU/CSA Branch Secretary Rikki Hendon says that staffing shortages at Banksia Hill Detention Centre are the worst they have been in more than a decade, and it is only a matter of time before a catastrophe occurs. 

Union members have been alerting the Department of Justice to chronic understaffing since June last year, but with more than 120 detainees currently in the centre the situation continues to deteriorate.

Read the full CPSU/CSA media statement: https://www.cpsucsa.org/banksia_hill_detention_centre_unsafe_for_staff_and_young_people