Medication was withheld from detainees if they assaulted staff,an inquest into the death of Cleveland Dodd has been told.
The guard said a senior officer sat with her and showed her how to fill in a series of reports before leaving her to oversee detainees and staff for the night shift.
A Unit 18 prison guard has told the coroner’s inquest into the death of Cleveland Dodd it was common for staff to watch movies and other programs while working the night shift.
The corrections worker who found Cleveland Dodd after he self-harmed says the prison unit where the incident happened “was set up to fail”.
Teenager Cleveland Dodd threatened to self harm eight times on the day he tried to take his life at the Unit 18 youth wing of Casuarina Prison,an inquest has been told.
Nadene Dodd and her young family should be at home in Laverton. Instead,they are 950 kilometres away in a motel in Perth’s east,hoping they will finally get answers.
The family of teenager Cleveland Dodd,who died after self-harming in a WA prison,have launched a public appeal for the early release of his incarcerated father.
April 1 might be a day to take everything with a grain of salt,but in a state election year,it’s also the last chance for a campaign spending free-for-all (no joke).
A youth crime crisis in some areas of regional Australia is fuelling long-standing tension between Indigenous residents,the wider community and police.
The latest crime data shows Victorian children are committing crimes more frequently as,police say,they chase social media status.
Queensland has the most children behind bars in the country,says the Child Death Review Board,adding that the state’s youth detention system is failing “significantly” and has led to a “cycle of incarceration” for some.