Banksia Hill: police sent in as teenage inmates riot at Western Australia detention centre

WA department of justice says detainees lit fire, threatened staff and climbed on to rooftops

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Detainees have climbed on to roof tops, fences and lit a fire at the controversial Banksia Hill youth detention centre in Western Australia.

Inmates also threatened staff on New Year's Eve, according to the state's Department of Justice.