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Aaron Bunch

'Breaks my heart': mum's anguish as teen inquest ends

Long-standing failures in the justice system caused Cleveland Dodd's death, a coroner has found. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

The grieving mother of an Indigenous teenager who fatally self-harmed in detention has been forced to relive the pain of her son's death, as a coroner found long-standing failures in the justice system caused the tragedy.

Cleveland Dodd was found unresponsive inside a cell in Unit 18, the trouble-plagued youth wing of a high-security adult prison south of Perth, in the early hours of October 12, 2023.

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