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(A)manda Parkinson

New Darwin prison holds troubled youth 'in good stead'

A newly completed prison in Darwin will house youth currently in custody at the Don Dale centre. ((A)manda Parkinson/AAP PHOTOS)

Almost eight years after the nation was rocked by images of child inmate in a spithood and restrained to a metal chair, a new youth detention centre has been unveiled in Darwin.

Youth crime continues to monopolise the looming Northern Territory election, but Chief Minister Eva Lawler says the $130 million "purpose-built" facility is Labor's "common sense solution" to the issue. 

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