<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A controversial </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="" title="Victorian"><span>Victorian</span></a><span> youth detention centre is set to reopen as the state government works to house an increased number of youth offenders denied bail.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Malmsbury Youth Detention Centre will reopen 30 beds next year for young people aged 17 and over who are remanded in custody under the government's new bail laws.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are seeing these repeat patterns of brazen and violent offending that is increasingly being undertaken by children," Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/medicare-bulk-billing-changes-australia-november-explained/0d3f161a-0dec-4861-aff4-7f440fb43984" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Aussies about to benefit from major $7.9 billion health boost</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There needed to be consequences and as a result of those tougher bail laws we are seeing an increase in the number of young people on remand."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It comes </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/national/victorias-malmsbury-youth-justice-to-close-by-end-of-year/f11313dd-1e60-425e-9636-e84a590b6aea" rel="" target="" title=" two years after the facility was shut"><span>two years after the facility was shut</span></a><span> following a string of riots, violence and attempted inmate escapes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The centre was thrust into lockdown in January 2017 when inmates used metal table legs to destroy property and intimidate staff.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/malmsbury-youth-detention-centre-to-reopen-bail-laws/13436e9e-3063-4388-ab26-c0dde2af90cf" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2022, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/malmsbury-youth-justice-centre-police-hunt-alleged-escapees/72f665f3-03fc-42b5-93c1-a8720eb4e6f3" rel="" target="" title="two inmates were returned to police custody"><span>two inmates were returned to police custody</span></a><span> after escaping from the centre by climbing onto the roof.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/woolworths-coles-vegan-plant-based-options-disappearing/852e774b-86ac-4f61-920f-c872020df79e" target="_blank"><strong><span>Aussies demand Woolies bring back staples quietly vanishing from stores</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During an </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/malmsbury-youth-detention-centre-guards-keys-taken-three-taken-to-hospital-after-riot-at-juvenile-prison/08c5cf32-cb6f-4b8d-9715-703643d25b0f" rel="" target="" title="October 2023 riot"><span>October 2023 riot</span></a><span>, an inmate was bashed severely and staff members were taken hostage after an inmate stole keys from a security guard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The government hopes reopening the centre will allow them to divert low-risk offenders from the Cherry Creek and Parkville Youth Detention Centres.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It will also allow "more tailored" rehabilitation programs to be offered to young people at respective facilities.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But ex-staff members say they are shocked to hear the facility's doors will reopen.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Former youth justice worker Shelley Parker lives with chronic PTSD after witnessing the brutal bashing of two colleagues during the 2017 riots.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"My daughter eventually opened up, who's now 15, and said to me, 'I was always scared you wouldn't come home at the end of the shift, Mum'," Parker said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It gives me a lot of anxiety, but also makes me very angry because again, it is just another band-aid that the Allan government are doing."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The government will need to recruit 114 workers to staff the facility.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> The infrastructure and security at the 60-year-old facility will also be upgraded.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cremorne-north-sydney-woman-sent-threatening-letter-mentioning-erin-patterson-over-dogs/c510324d-ae69-4616-9623-3d212999ffc5" target="_blank"><strong><span>Letter threatens to poison woman's dogs with 'Erin Patterson mushroom recipe'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's the same physical facility but the model will be tailored to a lower-risk cohort," youth justice minister Enver Erdogan said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) says it will be watching the rollout very closely to ensure past mistakes are not repeated.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's not as simple as just reopening the facility either. The government must invest in decent working conditions to retain skilled staff," CPSU Victoria secretary Jiselle Hanna said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If the jobs aren't safe, sustainable, and worth staying in, people leave. That churn hurts everyone."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Remand rates for young people in Victoria have increased by 46 per cent year-on-year, the government says.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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