Don Dale Youth Detention Centre
The Don Dale Youth Detention Centre is a facility for juvenile detention in the Northern Territory, Australia, located in Berrimah, east of Darwin. It is a detention centre for male and female juvenile delinquents. The facility is named after Don Dale, a former Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 1989 and one-time Minister for Correctional Services.
| Location | Berrimah, Northern Territory |
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| Coordinates | 12.445775°S 130.940616°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Maximum, for juvenile males and females |
| Opened | November 1991 |
| Managed by | Northern Territory Correctional Services |
On 25 July 2016, the ABC broadcast a Four Corners report that disclosed the abuse of youths in the Northern Territory corrections system which triggered the Royal Commission into Juvenile Detention in the Northern Territory.
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