Healthy review

Issues: Youth justice facility, Physical restraints, Rights (Safety)

A young person in a youth justice centre contacted us after an incident where mechanical restraints were used on him. He complained that he was never assessed by the health care team at the centre after this use of restraints, which is his right and normally required by policy.

Result: We reviewed the incident and found that the facility had not followed its policy. We raised this case with staff at the centre, who acknowledged their error. They also updated their process and shared a memo with staff to prevent similar errors in the future.