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Victorian Government backs down on decision to move teens to Barwon Prison

Victorian Government backs down on decision to move teens to Barwon Prison
- The Victorian Government has backed down on its plan to transfer Indigenous teenagers involved in recent riots at a youth detention centre to a maximum-security prison. The settlement came on the eve of an urgent Supreme Court case brought by the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service to stop teenage inmates being moved to Barwon Prison near Geelong.   

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