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Human Rights Commission receives formal complaint as class action looms over alleged abuse of children in WA youth detention
Key points: - A Representative Complaint has been filed with the Australian Huma...
Giovanni Torre 27 May 2026
Over 1,200 Australians urge immediate closure of WA's notorious Unit 18 children's prison
Social Reinvestment WA gathered with leaders of civil society organisation on Cl...
Giovanni Torre 19 Mar 2026
Inspector backs Unit 18 closure — but warns Banksia Hill is not ready for it
Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services, Eamon Ryan, has warned he s...
Natasha Clark 28 Jan 2026
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 dete...
Natasha Clark 11 Dec 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 notoriou...
Giovanni Torre 9 Dec 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...

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
WA government seeks new members for Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee

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.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 9, 2025
$156 million youth detention centre delayed, teens remain in notorious Unit 18

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...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Sep 17, 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
Inquest resumes for Indigenous boy who died in custody

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.

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Aaron Bunch Jun 30, 2025
Exclusive: National Child Commissioner prevented from entering youth prisons

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!

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 5, 2025
We want our children strong; we want our language back; we want to be treated fairly in this country

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...

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Dr Hannah McGlade Jan 27, 2025
ALS slams WA government's "tawdry political move to garner votes" with youth bail changes

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...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 10, 2025
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