Victorian Labor has promised a $204 million detention program that would remove young people convicted of lower-level offences from the community for up to a year, with Malmsbury among the sites used to hold them.
Bel McRae · Monday 9 November 2026
Sources
- Victorian Labor: Tough Love Plan To Detain And Rehabilitate Youths, 8 November 2026
- ABC: Labor youth rehabilitation detention pledge, 8 November 2026
- ABC: Calls for next Victorian government to invest in prisons, 9 November 2026
- Corrections Victoria: Western Plains Correctional Centre, official facility description
- AAP: Backlash over 'tough love' plan for forced youth rehab, 8 November 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission: 2026 state election
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