Family of First Child to Die in Custody in WA Rejects Government Apology

Family of first child to die in custody in WA rejects government apology

Cleveland Dodd’s mother has left the inquest into her son’s death in custody in tears, rejecting an apology from the WA government.

WA government apologises to family of first young person to die in detention

At an inquest probing WA's first recorded death in youth detention, the Justice Department apologises for its failings "connected with Cleveland's death".

Horrific details of teen’s final weeks in Unit 18 laid bare

An inquest into the death of Cleveland Dodd — the first juvenile to die in custody in WA — has been told that Corrective Services staff had come to ‘accept the unacceptable’ in how they treated young offenders.

Inquest resumes for Indigenous boy who died in custody

The inquest for an Indigenous teen who died after self-harming in the youth wing of an adult prison is set to resume.