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Over 1,200 Australians urge immediate closure of WA's notorious Unit 18 children's prison
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Giovanni Torre 19 Mar 2026
Experts condemn ‘reactionary’ WA youth justice policies as calls for federal intervention grow
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Dechlan Brennan 17 Mar 2026
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Natasha Clark 28 Jan 2026
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Boorloo rally urges Unit 18 closure, more action in wake of scathing findings on death of Cleveland Dodd

Indigenous rights advocates gathered in the Boorloo/Perth CBD on Monday to demand the closure of Unit 18 youth detention centre, which the WA Coroner described as "dangerous" in the inquest into the d...

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Ronan O'Connell Dec 22, 2025
Exclusive: Mother of Cleveland Dodd says WA Premier supports closure of Unit 18 after coronial findings

The mother of Cleveland Dodd — the first young person in WA to die in youth detention — says Premier Roger Cook supports shutting down Unit 18.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Dec 11, 2025
Coroner calls for 'special inquiry' into how WA's notorious child prison Unit 18 was established

Coroner Philip Urquhart has called for a "special inquiry" into how the notorious Unit 18 facility originally came into operation, among his 19 recommendations arising from the inquest into the death...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 9, 2025
Cleveland Dodd's death was avoidable and predictable, leaders say - It must never happen again

Leaders in Western Australia are urging the state government to act on Coroner Philip Urquhart's call to immediately close the notorious Unit 18, following the release of his findings into the death o...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 8, 2025
Exclusive: Cleveland Dodd's mother, Nadene Dodd, to meet with WA Premier following coronial inquest

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following story contains the name of a person who has died. The mother of Cleveland Dodd — the first child recorded to die...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Dec 8, 2025
Cleveland Dodd coronial inquest findings call for Unit 18 to be shut down 'as a matter of urgency'

WA's troubled Unit 18 youth detention centre is dangerous and should be closed "as a matter of urgency", warned Coroner Philip Urquhart Monday as he released findings of the coronial inquest into the...

How can a child die in state care? Coroner to release findings on the death of Cleveland Dodd

The image of Cleveland Dodd — a smiling, 16-year-old Yamatji boy who died in custody — is etched into the national consciousness.

Mother of Cleveland Dodd calls for Premier to face her as inquest findings draw near

Nadene Dodd says she won't leave Perth after the findings on the death of her son are handed down on Monday until she looks WA Premier Roger Cook in the eye and tells him Cleveland did not need to die...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Dec 3, 2025
Work begins to replace 'inhumane' youth detention site

The notorious youth detention facility where Yamatji boy Cleveland Dodd fatally self-harmed after being held in "inhumane" conditions is set to be replaced.

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Aaron Bunch Nov 23, 2025
Exclusive: Cleveland Dodd’s short life and the system that broke him explored in new book 'Child of the Desert Sunrise'

"Cleveland Dodd didn't die because he ran out of chances - he died because the world refused to give him one," says WA youth-justice advocate Gerry Georgatos, author of the soon-to-be-released Clevela...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Oct 14, 2025
Youth justice in crisis before Cleveland Dodd's death, coroner says while flagging new inquiry into Unit 18

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

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Aaron Bunch Jul 1, 2025
'Animals treated better' than Cleveland Dodd: family

Zoo animals are treated better than an Indigenous teenager held in a cell for 22 hours a day in a troubled wing of an adult prison without water before he fatally self-harmed, his outraged family says...

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Aaron Bunch Jul 1, 2025
Mum decries 'barbarous' jailing of teen before death

An Indigenous teenager who fatally self-harmed in the troubled youth wing of an adult prison was subjected to "barbarous and criminal" neglect, his mother says.

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Aaron Bunch Jun 30, 2025
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