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Prisons boss says he was 'scapegoat' after teen died

An inquest has heard Cleveland was held in solitary confinement for long periods before his death. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

A former Western Australian prisons commissioner says he was made a scapegoat for the government's failures after an Indigenous teenager fatally self-harmed in youth detention.

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

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