Legal advocates say it is “only a matter of time” before there’s a death inside Don Dale juvenile detention centre after the hospitalisation this week of a 16-year-old who attempted to take his own life – the latest case in at least 54 self-harm or suicide attempts since July last year.
A Northern Territory government spokesperson confirmed that a 16-year-old boy was transported to hospital on Sunday night after “sustaining an injury”, and is now back in Don Dale where he is “receiving support”.
