Unit 18
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...
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...
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...
The notorious youth detention facility where Yamatji boy Cleveland Dodd fatally self-harmed after being held in "inhumane" conditions is set to be replaced.
The Western Australian government is seeking expressions of interest from Aboriginal people across the state to join the Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee for the next term.
A WA Government infrastructure report has revealed a long-promised new youth detention centre at Banksia Hill will not be ready until 2028 — a delay suicide prevention advocate Gerry Georgatos s...
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.
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...
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.
A long-running inquest into the death of an Indigenous teenager who fatally self-harmed in the troubled youth wing of an adult prison is set to resume.
Australia's child commissioner was prevented from entering youth prisons in Victoria and Western Australia during a national tour in 2023. As part of her "Help way earlier!
Kaya, Ngany Kwel Hannah McGlade, I'm a descendant of Meriji, Woyung and Sarah Yettung Woods from Minang country. I stand here today not only as a proud Bibbulman woman - but also as an expert member o...
The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia says the state government's proposed youth bail changes will undermine the administration of justice, increase the likelihood of children being impris...