Youth Justice in Crisis Before Teen's Death: Coroner

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...

Mum decries 'barbarous' jailing of teen before death

An Indigenous teen's death after he self-harmed in a youth wing of an adult prison was "preventable and predictable", a coroner has heard.

Youth justice in crisis before teen’s death: coroner

Everything must be done to ensure another child doesn’t die in youth detention, a coroner has told an inquest for an Indigenous teenager who fatally self-harmed while in custody. Cleveland Dodd was found unresponsive inside a cell in Unit 18, a youth wing of the high-security adult facility Casuarina Prison in Perth, in the early hours of October 12, 2023. The 16-year-old was taken to hospital in a critical condition and died a week later, causi…