Don Dale detainee isolated for 84 hours and denied food as coercion technique, investigation finds | Indigenous Australians

A young Aboriginal who was detained at the Don Dale Detention Center was isolated for 84 hours, could not leave his cells or could not contact with any support person, and he was rejected as a coercion tactic for some of the time, and found an investigation by the Northern region commissioner.

In April 2024, the investigation examined an incident that occurred in the Famous youth detention facility in Berrimah in NT, which saw that it was held in a cell after refusing to move from one cell block to another.

On Thursday, the OCC report in the NT Parliament found that civil servants exceeded the maximum time for a young man could be isolated for 12 hours.

In the report, “A young person, the expected minimum standards of international law and the Youth Justice Law, arrangements and related policies and procedures, violating the requirements within the scope of procedures, an unacceptable and illegal to isolate for 84 hours in the cells of a young man’s cells,” he said.

In the report, the civil servants, how long the young people spend isolated and they legally “OCC, CEO, and even apparently the inspector about the inspector without notification or awareness to contribute to the contribution of contributing to the accurate way to contribute to the contribution of the accurately to contribute to the contribution.

In addition, the report said that although the youth called for a few intercom to the personnel who were detained and who want food, food was rejected for a while for a while.

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A transcript of an intercoming call recorded to the personnel included in the report shows that the prisoner wants a vegemite sandwich at 22.30.

A officer replied: “No, I can’t do this, we’ve talked about it anyway… You know the agreement… If you move to Bravo [block] I will feed you up to you [sic] Full damn. But I can’t. “

Then the staff says to the young person: “I took your medication here. I will give you food. But you have to go to Bravo.”

The records show that the prisoner had received Weet-Bix and probably an apple during that day, but did not have breakfast or lunch.

The personnel discussed for the report, the young person to provide food in such a late hour because of the normal meal hours, he said.

“The decision of the team leader not to allow foods to be achieved after hours, contrary to the 153th part of the Moving Law, the team leader refused to refuse to move the blocks and did not have any perceived risks. [the young person] Or the staff, ”he said.

OCC researchers also examined the allegations that young people had rejected their drugs, but found that “enough evidence to conclude that the drug was stored due to insufficient recording”. He added that the personnel said, “It was used as a strategy to force it to force medication after hours. [the young person] To carry the blocks that researchers say it is a forbidden action ”.

In the report, he acknowledged that the personnel operate in “difficult conditions öz after a major discomfort, including important material goods damage, including roof protests and fire at the beginning of that month.

He also noted that the staff had a weapon in the cell’s cell and has concerns that contributes to their decisions around their care.

In the report, the young person said, ı He has a well -documented traumatic childhood experience with mental health concerns, including the story of self -harm in custody, ”he said.

However, the investigation found that the young person had delivered a weapon to the civil servants at the beginning of their time, and after this point, the presence of a gun in the room was not supported by an incident report/records, or that it was not carried out or reflected to his behavior or actions. [youth justice officers] in the block ”.

“Moreover, a young person with a known history in custody will be left alone in their rooms with a weapon allegedly allegedly without any intervention from the personnel,” he said.

The young person in the heart of the case said in a statement published through the North Australian Achorijin Justice Agency (Naaja): “I really worked with my head.

The NT Correction Office accepted two out of the report and said that he applied some changes in response to them, including staff and signs, but did not accept other suggestions around the food service, did not give medicine after the hour and applied procedures for the detection of weapons.

Naaja, who brought the youth’s complaint to the OCC, welcomed the findings of the investigation, but since the Royal Commission, the NT’s protection and detention since the protection and detention of the NT, he said.

“This report shows the established systemic problems that continue to be directed by personnel shortage, repeated locking and detention centers,” a Naaja spokesman said. “Aboriginal young people, who make up about 90% of those who are detained, continue to carry the burden of these failures.”

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