Youth justice chief moved as secret report reveals chaos in system

By Nick McKenzie, Farrah Tomazin, Richard Baker
Updated January 25 2017 - 9:08am, first published 8:42am
Minister for Families and Children Jenny Mikakos and Director of Secure Services at the Department of Health & Human Services Ian Lanyon speaking to the media about the Parkville Youth Detention Centre riots.  Photo: Paul Jeffers
Minister for Families and Children Jenny Mikakos and Director of Secure Services at the Department of Health & Human Services Ian Lanyon speaking to the media about the Parkville Youth Detention Centre riots. Photo: Paul Jeffers
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Paramedics enter the Melbourne Youth Justice Centre in Parkville on November 14, 2016, after riots.  Photo: Pat Scala
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Paramedics enter the Melbourne Youth Justice Centre in Parkville on November 14, 2016, after riots. Photo: Pat Scala

The Andrews government was warned in an explosive secret report months before the latest riots in Victoria's youth prisons that the system was spiralling out of control in "a continued and ongoing threat to the safety of staff and clients".

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