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# Youth Detention

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# Youth Detention
Public order gardaí sent to Oberstown after staff threatened with boiling water
A group of four residents barricaded themselves in the kitchen area of the facility.
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May 7th 2020, 2:50 PM
# Youth Detention
Staff at Oberstown in row with management because they refused to bring detainee for ice cream
An ice cream van visits the campus every Thursday.
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Aug 3rd 2018, 12:05 AM
# Oberstown
'Difficult days in youth detention facilities are a fact of life'
However, Pat Bergin told TheJournal.ie that the system is more capable of handling those bad days now.
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Dec 23rd 2017, 7:45 AM
# Katherine Zappone
Call for reports into Oberstown youth detention centre to be published
Last August saw a massive fire at the facility after young offenders climbed on the roof to protest.
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Jul 6th 2017, 6:10 AM
# Youth Detention
A year after 'sea-change' is Ireland better at dealing with young offenders?
And how are we doing it?
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Jun 4th 2017, 10:00 PM
# escape
One child caught and returned to Oberstown but another is still on the run
Three inmates had escaped on Monday.
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May 31st 2017, 10:19 AM
# Oberstown
Two young people remain missing after absconding from Oberstown campus
Three residents had taken over an office on the campus.
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May 30th 2017, 10:06 AM
# Youth Detention
After a fire, violence and a strike Oberstown 'making real progress'
The number of young people being detained in Oberstown has dropped over the past 12 months.
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May 29th 2017, 12:01 PM
# Ursula Kilkelly
Oberstown management calls on staff to defer further strike action following disturbances
The Garda Emergency Response Unit (ERU) was called to the scene to quell Monday’s trouble, which saw a staff member injured.
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Sep 1st 2016, 11:16 PM
# Australia's Shame
'Stripped, tear-gassed and strapped to a chair': Shock at treatment of children in Australian detention centre
A royal commission is being established after a TV investigation aired last night.
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Jul 26th 2016, 9:37 AM