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Jacob Shteyman

Indigenous boy fighting for life after custody incident

The Unit 18 facility was opened at Casuarina Prison after riots in youth detention. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

An Indigenous teenager at the Unit 18 youth detention unit is fighting for life after the latest in a spate of self-harm incidents at the troubled Western Australian facility.

Officers found the 16-year-old unresponsive in his cell about 2am on Thursday after he contacted them through the prison intercom.

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