Indigenous boy, 16, in critical condition after being found unresponsive at WA youth prison

The Casuarina prison in Perth includes Unit 18, which was repurposed for juvenile offenders following riots at the Banksia Hill facility. Photograph: Aaron Bunch/AAP

A 16-year-old boy detained at Casuarina prison’s Unit 18 youth detention facility in Western Australia is in a critical condition after he was found unresponsive at the facility.

The 16-year-old, who is Indigenous, contacted officers via intercom, and within a matter of minutesofficers found him unresponsive, according to the state’s minister for corrective services, Paul Papalia.