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Aaron Bunch

Custodial staff cleared of misconduct over teen's death

Cleveland Dodd was the first juvenile to die in a youth detention facility in Western Australia. (HANDOUT/SUPPLIED)

There is no evidence serious misconduct or corruption played a part in the death of an Indigenous teenager who self-harmed in youth detention, a corruption watchdog says.

Cleveland Dodd was found unresponsive in the early hours of October 12, 2023 inside his defective cell in Unit 18 at Perth's Casuarina Prison, becoming the first juvenile to die in a detention facility in Western Australia.

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