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“That was the right decision then, and this is the right decision now,” he said. He said Malmsbury would initially house 30 low-risk offenders aged under 17 years and be more focused on rehabilitation, offering education and training programs. It will cost more than $140 million over four years to operate. Erdogan said the number of young people being remanded under Labor’s new bail laws was increasing, “so we need more prison beds”. “We are all horrified by these violent and brazen crimes that are increasingly committed by children,” he said. “We’re expanding the youth justice system to take serious youth offenders off the streets while also providing opportunities to lower-risk young people to get back on track and away from crime.”
