By Simon Borthwick, BBC Sport correspondentDormitory rooms and dormitories are increasingly being used to house juvenile offenders, who are typically housed in solitary confinement or locked up in small cells.

But with the introduction of dormitory facilities in Australia, there is a real need for better information and advice for how to deal if a teenager has been transferred from one place to another.

The ABC’s Matt Giddings reports on how the Federal Government is planning to improve the way the system is set up in Australia.

Read more from Matt Gwidings here.

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