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Kimberley Indigenous leader details young relative's traumatic experience at Banksia Hill Detention Centre

A prominent Kimberley Indigenous leader has revealed that a young relative, who was put in isolation at Banksia Hill Detention Centre after a self-harm attempt, spoke of witnessing assaults at the facility and was not offered support after their release.  

It comes amid mounting pressure on the WA government to address issues at its only youth detention centre in Perth after it was revealed inmates had been subjected to a restraint technique that can cause suffocation. 

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