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national disability affairs reporter Elizabeth Wright and the Specialist Reporting Team's Celina Edmonds

Detainees with disabilities in 'spiral of hopelessness' after cancelled United Nations visit to Australia

Dana Levitt says the treatment of people with disability in detention needs independent scrutiny. (ABC News: Chris Taylor)

People with disabilities in the criminal justice system feel like they exist in a "black hole" after an international torture prevention body cancelled a visit to Australia. 

Human rights advocates have raised concerns following the United Nations (UN) Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture's (SPT) termination of its planned trip to inspect places of detention including jails, juvenile centres and secure disability and mental health facilities.

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