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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

After serving years as children in Australian adult prisons, Indonesians reveal new anguish

Nasrudin Yahya under a pier with a boat in the background
Nasrudin Yahya, now 31, was prosecuted as an adult in Australia, despite telling authorities he was only 16 years old. Photograph: Afriadi Hikmal/The Guardian

In a small room at Perth’s Hakea maximum security adult jail, an Indonesian child sat with eyes transfixed on a television screen.

Before him, suited figures rose one by one to discuss his fate, speaking a language he could not understand.

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