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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Martin Farrer

Morning Mail: youth prison ‘like Guantánamo’, Ukraine forces on the attack, Apple reveals VR gadget

Young people are being placed in solitary confinement for ‘weeks’, the Guardian has learned.
Young people are being placed in solitary confinement for ‘weeks’ at Cleveland youth detention centre in Townsville, the Guardian has learned. Photograph: Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy

Morning everyone. The crisis around Queensland’s youth justice system continues to build with our exclusive report today about scandalous conditions at the Cleveland detention centre in Townsville. Our investigation reveals claims that solitary confinement is routinely used on young people with the risk of adding to existing trauma and recidivism. We also report on the Kathleen Folbigg miscarriage of justice, and we have the latest on what could be the beginning of the long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive. Plus: Apple has entered the VR game with a very expensive new product.

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