Rangeview Juvenile Remand Centre
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State Youth Remand Centre - Rangeview is an Australian juvenile
remand
prison
facility for between 10 and 18 years, located at Murdoch
, Western Australia
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The prison is primarily used for the detention of juveniles held in custody awaiting trial. The detainees have access to a variety of activities and educational programs. Detainees aged 17 and under must attend school.
Child
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remand
Detention of suspects
The detention of suspects is the process of keeping a person who has been arrested in a police-cell, remand prison or other detention centre before trial or sentencing. One criticism of pretrial detention is that eventual acquittal can be a somewhat hollow victory, in that there is no way to...
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Prison
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facility for between 10 and 18 years, located at Murdoch
Murdoch, Western Australia
Murdoch is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Melville. Murdoch University and St John of God Hospital Murdoch are located in Murdoch, as will be the proposed Fiona Stanley Hospital. The suburb is named after Sir Walter Murdoch....
, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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The prison is primarily used for the detention of juveniles held in custody awaiting trial. The detainees have access to a variety of activities and educational programs. Detainees aged 17 and under must attend school.