‘Make your head fall off’: Prison guard hospitalised after being bashed with a PlayStation remote

A youth justice worker has been hospitalised after being bashed with a PlayStation remote inside Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precinct in Werribee.

The same two offenders have committed six assaults in the past week, which has left 3AW Drive host Jacqui Felgate extremely concerned about the youth justice system.

“This next story will make your head fall off,” she said.

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Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) spokesperson, Julian Kennelly, said it’s a “no-win situation” for the workers inside the facility.

“It was supposed to be designed and built to be a more intensive supervision style approach to deal with more difficult young offenders,” Mr Kennelly said.

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Shadow Minister for Police and Shadow Minister for Youth Justice, Brad Battin, then called in and called on the state government to admit there’s a problem in the youth justice system.

“If you can’t admit there’s a problem, you’re never ever going to fix it,” Battin told Jacqui Felgate.

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