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Aaron Bunch

Justice body urged to obey law, stop 'demonising' kids

Indigenous teen Cleveland Dodd's death in custody has sparked grief and outrage in the community. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

The justice department must stop breaking the law, a former prison watchdog has told an inquest into an Indigenous teenager who fatally self-harmed in custody.

Cleveland Dodd was found unresponsive inside a cell in a troubled youth wing of a high-security adult prison in the early hours of October 12, 2023.

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