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Prison report confirms 'system is in crisis'
The latest report on Western Australia's Casuarina Prison reveals a system in cr...
Giovanni Torre 17 Jun 2026
Problems plaguing WA’s Casuarina Prison have ‘persisted and intensified’ – new report
Western Australia's Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services has tabled its...
Giovanni Torre 16 Jun 2026
Indigenous man dies at WA prison
An Indigenous man has died while in custody at Western Australia's Casuarina Pri...
Callan Morse 5 Jun 2026
Inquest resumes for Indigenous boy who died in custody
A long-running inquest into the death of an Indigenous teenager who fatally self...
Aaron Bunch 30 Jun 2025
Terminally ill Aboriginal man dies in custody
An Aboriginal man has died in custody in Western Australia. The 51-year-old, who...
Callan Morse 8 May 2025
Young Aboriginal man dies in custody in WA

A young Aboriginal man being held in Western Australia's Casuarina Prison has died in custody. The 29-year-old man was found unresponsive in his prison cell on Monday morning.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 8, 2025
'Thought my son was safe': heartbroken mum tells court

The heartbroken mother of an Indigenous teen who fatally self-harmed in youth detention says her son was locked in an inhumane, filthy concrete box as she calls for those responsible to be held to acc...

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Aaron Bunch Dec 11, 2024
Mum of teen who self-harmed in jail to address inquest

The mother of an Indigenous teen who fatally self-harmed in youth detention is expected to address an inquest into his death ahead of the coroner releasing his provisional recommendations.

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Aaron Bunch Dec 11, 2024
Aboriginal man dies in WA's Casuarina prison

An Aboriginal man has died in custody at Western Australia's Casuarina Prison. The 46-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell overnight, officials said on Wednesday.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 23, 2024
Department official calls for coroner to recuse himself over "bias" in Cleveland Dodd inquest

The lawyer for one of the highest-ranking officials in Western Australia's department of corrective services has made an application for the coroner in the inquest into the death of Cleveland Dodd to...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 1, 2024
Organisations say now is the time to act in wake of latest child death in custody

Organisations have continued to criticise the Western Australian government's handling of youth justice in the state in the wake of the second child to die in custody in a year.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 3, 2024
Mother of Cleveland Dodd wept after hearing her son's death in custody could have been averted

WARNING: This story discusses incidents of self-harm and contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died. The former superintendent of the juvenile detention centre in which Cleveland...

Rhiannon Clarke Rhiannon Clarke Aug 7, 2024
'Cruel and inhumane': teen's solitary cell before death

An Indigenous teenage boy was held in "inhumane" solitary confinement for more than 22 hours per pay before he fatally self-harmed. Cleveland Dodd was found unresponsive inside a cell in the youth win...

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Aaron Bunch Jul 29, 2024
'Blatant lie': minister misled on jail before teen died

Western Australia's justice department told "blatant and grievous" lies about a trouble-plagued youth detention facility before transferring children to it, an inquest has been told.

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Aaron Bunch Jul 26, 2024
'I was ... hurting kids': ex-justice chief breaks down

A former justice department boss has admitted youth detainees under his watch were subject to abuse. The revelation came during an inquest into the first recorded West Australian juvenile death in a d...

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Aaron Bunch Jul 26, 2024
Ex-justice agency boss sorry for custody death failure

A former justice department boss has told an inquest into the first juvenile to die in West Australian custody the teen's death was a preventable failure and apologised to his family.

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Aaron Bunch Jul 25, 2024
Teen death sparks urgent call for youth justice reform

The justice department needs urgent reform so it can better address the needs of young offenders, the prison watchdog has told an inquest for the first youth to die in West Australian custody.

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Aaron Bunch Jul 24, 2024
'Crisis': call for justice shake-up after youth's death

Each youth in detention costs taxpayers about $1 million a year, a former prison watchdog has told an inquest while calling for a shake-up of a youth justice system at "crisis point".

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Aaton Bunch Jul 23, 2024
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