Police handed back operation of the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre to Territory Families at 2.30pm.

Territory Families staff have started an assessment of the centre to evaluate the amount of damage to the facility and the essential works that need to be undertaken to restore operations. 

The set of keys that was stolen during the incident at the centre on Tuesday 6 November 2018 have been relocated.

The 25 detainees continue to be accommodated at the Police Watch House in Darwin.