WA’s youth justice system in crisis before 16-year-old’s death: coroner
Coroner said he supported the evidence, and that the justice department could not properly control Cleveland before he was deadly damaging him.
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According to the department policy, the staff could not wear radio, Cleveland was limited to the extremely cell cell, and the young man’s cell to harm the self.
The department said that he accepted many failures, including the lack of access to flowing water in Cleveland’s cell.
He pointed out comprehensive evidence that Cleveland did not receive adequate mental health and therapeutic support, training, recreation and “access to fresh air ..
“There is a lot of evidence that Cleveland’s needs are not met sufficiently,” he said.
The staff described the “terrible conditions in which young people were detained” and the unit 18 in the unit 18, and some said it was a “war zone”.
“Soul-tahrip told the daily imprisonment orders, and the daily imprisonment orders that sometimes hold prisoners in their cells for 24 hours a day,” he said.
“They told them about the lack of support and education given to them to do their jobs and they explained the shortage of chronic personnel.”
Coroner proved that after the department, he filed a lawsuit for a special investigation and that another lawyer filed a lawsuit for a special investigation for a special investigation because he was beyond the court’s jurisdiction.
The Minister said that more negative findings against the department and individuals would be limited to actions taken at or taken at the unit 18 and will be linked to Cleveland’s death.
For example, Cleveland said that after covering the in -cell observation camera and damage to him in his unit, the staff would be doing.
The investigation previously heard that Cleveland was spontaneously damaged at around 1.35 o’clock.
In 1.51 in the morning, an officer opened the cell door and a red warning was released while the staff was trying to revive the young person at 1.54.
Medical officials arrived at 2.06, but they could not reach Cleveland, who had a heart stop for nine minutes.
The young man was partially revived and taken to hospital, but suffered brain damage due to lack of oxygen.
Cleveland died on 19 October 2023 with his family.
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