Notorious children's jail could become minimum-security adult prison farm

New chapter: troubled youth centre to become minimum-security prison farm

Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre will become a minimum-security adult prison after 2028. Read about how this plan aims to improve offender rehabilitation.

Notorious children's jail could become minimum-security adult prison farm

The Tasmanian government says Ashley Youth Detention Centre could become a minimum-security adult prison and "agriculture-based prison rehab and training facility".

'Unique opportunity': new minimum-security prison farm proposed for rural area

Doleraine's Ashley Youth Detention Centre site will become a minimum-security prison farm. Discover how the government plans to boost prisoner rehabilitation.

Agricultural-based prisoner rehab proposed for Ashley Youth Detention Centre site

The state government wants to turn the Ashley Youth Detention Centre into a minimum-security adult prison and an agriculture-based prisoner rehab and training facility.