Turana Youth Training Centre
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Melbourne Youth Justice Centre (formerly Melbourne Juvenile Justice Centre and Turana Youth training Centre), is a youth corrections facility located in Parkville
, Victoria
, Australia
.
The facility is designed to accommodate 15 to 17-year-old males through four units and a separate multi-purpose unit that houses remand prisoners. Some inmates are slightly older if they were under 18 at the time of their offence.
Prisoners have access to a variety of programs with units having plasma TVs, DVDs, day and weekend leaves. Prisoners also have TVs in their rooms.
The opening of Winlaton Youth Training Centre
(AKA Winlaton Juvenile School and Nunawading Residential Facility) in 1956 meant that young women aged 14–18 were moved out of Turana. The opening in 1960 of Pirra Children's Home (aka Pirra Girls' Home
) and Allambie Reception Centre
meant that young children under the care of the Family Welfare Division of the Social Welfare Dewpartment, were also moved out of Turana which could then accommodate young males only.
The name "Turana" was chosen in the late 1950s by the wife of Arthur Rylah, then Chief Secretary of Victoria. The word was believed to be Koori
for "Rainbow". Ilya Nikkolai
designed and remodelled the Turana Youth Remand and Classification Centre, introducing laminated tempered glass in galvanized high tensile steel frames, solving long standing security and maintenance problems.
Parkville, Victoria
Parkville is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, the population was 4,980....
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
The facility is designed to accommodate 15 to 17-year-old males through four units and a separate multi-purpose unit that houses remand prisoners. Some inmates are slightly older if they were under 18 at the time of their offence.
Prisoners have access to a variety of programs with units having plasma TVs, DVDs, day and weekend leaves. Prisoners also have TVs in their rooms.
History
Until the mid-1950s, Turana (then the Children's Welfare Department Receiving Depot for Girls and Boys) "processed" all children from infancy to 18 coming into the care of the State Government, whether offenders or under the then equivalent of care and protection orders. Children were sent from Turana to various institutions (government and non-government) throughout the state. Children who were demeed "difficult" to handle or who required psychiatric treatment or were due for court appearances in Melbourne were returned to Turana.The opening of Winlaton Youth Training Centre
Winlaton Youth Training Centre
Winlaton Youth Training Centre was a Government owned and run female youth correctional facility located on at 186 Springvale Road Nunawading, Victoria, Australia. The facility was designed to accommodate 14 to 18 year old wards of the state. It opened in 1956 and closed in 1993 as the...
(AKA Winlaton Juvenile School and Nunawading Residential Facility) in 1956 meant that young women aged 14–18 were moved out of Turana. The opening in 1960 of Pirra Children's Home (aka Pirra Girls' Home
Pirra Girls' Home
Pirra Homestead, a former inebriates home for girls known as the Pirra Girls’ Home was an Australian Government run Children's Home located in Lara, Victoria, Australia...
) and Allambie Reception Centre
Allambie Reception Centre
Allambie Reception Centre was a Victorian Children's Home run by the Family Welfare Division of the Social Welfare Department and opened in 1960. Allambie was located at 70 Elgar Road, Burwood, Victoria, Australia...
meant that young children under the care of the Family Welfare Division of the Social Welfare Dewpartment, were also moved out of Turana which could then accommodate young males only.
The name "Turana" was chosen in the late 1950s by the wife of Arthur Rylah, then Chief Secretary of Victoria. The word was believed to be Koori
Koori
The Koori are the indigenous Australians that traditionally occupied modern day New South Wales and Victoria....
for "Rainbow". Ilya Nikkolai
Ilya Nikkolai
Ilya Nikkolai is an Australian visual music artist and architectural designer currently residing in Perth, Western Australia. Ilya Nikkolai calls his visual music Liquid Music to distinguish it from that of other practitioners...
designed and remodelled the Turana Youth Remand and Classification Centre, introducing laminated tempered glass in galvanized high tensile steel frames, solving long standing security and maintenance problems.