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Children's commissioner ignored on laws targeting kids

Legal and policy reforms since a damning royal commission report have continued to breach children's rights, a youth justice inquiry has been told.

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Australia 'stained' by its treatment of child offenders

Australia has been slammed for its juvenile justice laws as UN experts sound the alarm over the growing number of people in prison without a sentence.

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'Breaks my heart': mum's anguish as teen inquest ends

The mother of a teen who fatally self-harmed in custody says she understands why her son took his life after a coroner delivered his inquest findings.

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Work begins to replace 'inhumane' youth detention site

Early work has started on a $158 million youth detention facility to house challenging detainees currently being held in a wing of an adult prison.

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Youth justice in crisis before teen's death: coroner

A coroner hearing an inquest for an Indigenous teen who fatally self-harmed in a youth detention says he might recommend another inquiry into the facility.

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'Animals treated better' than Indigenous teen: family

An Indigenous teen who fatally self-harmed in detention was subjected to "barbarous and criminal" neglect, his mother says as an inquest into his death resumes.

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Kids have 'no hope' with tough on crime policies

Tough on crime policies do not work, a senate inquiry has been told as advocates call for oversight of state and territory youth justice legislation.

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Coroner calls for urgent closure of troubled youth jail

The coroner hearing an inquest for an Indigenous teen who fatally self-harmed in a youth detention centre has provisionally recommended the facility close.

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Reform thwarted at jail with 'racist' culture: inquest

A senior public servant faced barriers "way beyond what I imagined" when he tried to turn around a trouble-plagued youth detention centre.

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'Cruel, inhuman, degrading' treatment in crowded jails

Overcrowded and understaffed jails are breaching prisoners' human rights, with some subjected to "inhuman" treatment as cases of self-harm rise.

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'Hurting': Indigenous family wants inquest focus on son

The parents of an Indigenous teen who died after self-harming in detention want the inquest to refocus on their son after a bid to remove the coroner failed.

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Teen's custody death triggers call for justice overhaul

The death of a second Indigenous teenager in custody in less than a year has prompted calls for an overhaul of the youth justice system.

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Indigenous teenager dies at WA’s Banksia Hill youth detention centre

The 17-year-old is the second child to die in custody in Western Australia in less than a year

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'Horrible, horrible': Indigenous teen dies in detention

An Indigenous teenager was checked 10 times by youth detention staff before he was found dead inside a cell at a centre.

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Prisons boss says he was 'scapegoat' after teen died

A former corrective services boss says he was blamed for government failures after an Indigenous teenager fatally self-harmed in custody.

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'Cruel and inhumane': teen's solitary cell before death

An Indigenous teen spent more than 22 hours per day in solitary confinement in youth detention before he fatally self-harmed, an inquest has been told.

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'Blatant lie': minister misled on jail before teen died

An inquest for a teen who fatally self-harmed in custody has been told the justice department lied to the minister about the facility's suitability for youths.

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'I was ... hurting kids': ex-justice chief breaks down

Children were subjected to cruel punishment that amounted to institutional abuse in youth detention, a former justice department boss has told an inquest.

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Coroner warns top official to be 'truthful' at hearing

A coroner has reminded WA's deputy corrections commissioner she is under oath amid tough questions at an inquest for a teen who died in custody.

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'Matter of time' before 16-year-old boy died in custody

The prison watchdog has told an inquest for the first juvenile to die in WA detention he had raised concerns about detainees dying in custody.

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Justice body urged to obey law, stop 'demonising' kids

An inquest into the custody death of an Indigenous teen has been told the government must act lawfully and stop locking youths in their cells for long periods.

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Mother's dismay as custodial staff cleared after death

Custodial staff cleared of serious misconduct after a boy fatally self-harmed in detention showed little empathy for him, the teen's family says.

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Custodial staff cleared of misconduct over teen's death

A corruption watchdog has found no evidence to support claims of serious misconduct before a teenager fatally self-harmed in the youth wing of an adult prison.

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Coroner puts justice department on notice over inquest

The coroner overseeing an inquest for an Indigenous teen who died in detention wants answers from the justice department.

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Tragic death inevitable in prison youth wing: nurse

A nurse who tried saving Cleveland Dodd from self-inflicted injuries has told an inquest a tragedy was inevitable in the troubled youth wing of an adult prison.

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