Riverbank
Riverbank
Hamersley Road
Caversham
WA
Australia
Provider: Child Welfare Department
Year Opened: 1960
Year Closed: 1996
Riverbank was established in 1960 by the Child Welfare Department. The Home was situated in Caversham in Western Australia. It was a secure detention facility which focused on work skills. Initially the Home accommodated 33 teenage boys. By 1970, the number rose to 43 boys and by 1979 over 1,000 boys had been admitted to Riverbank for an average of nine months.
After the boys were discharged, they were placed in supervised after-care (similar to parole).
In 1993, Riverbank was transferred to the Ministry of Justice. Riverbank closed in 1996 and was re-commissioned as an adult prison in 1998.
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