$75 million of compensation for 129 people formerly held at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre between 1960 and 2023 has been approved in the Supreme Court in Hobart.
The victim-survivors of abuse will also be offered counselling and issued an apology from the Premier.
The payment deal was struck in June and the court formality is the final step.
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Ashley Youth Detention Centre featured prominently at a Commission of Inquiry into institutional child abuse in Tasmania and will ultimately close once replacement therapeutic options are in place.
