The Victorian government is reopening the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre two years after it closed. Photo: James Ross/AAP PHOTOS

A youth justice centre once plagued by staff assaults, riots, and escapes is set to reopen two years after it was closed.

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Victoria's Corrections Minister Enver Erdogan confirmed on Tuesday, the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre would reopen to house young people held under the state's new bail laws.

The facility, located in central Victoria, originally closed due to a decline in the number of young people in custody and the opening of new, purpose-built faci

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