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Ethan James

Tas youth staff 'bashed detainee on bed'

When Charlotte self-harmed at Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre, a female worker slammed her head into a wooden bed frame and told her to "grow up".

Charlotte, who gave evidence under a pseudonym to an inquiry into child sexual abuse in public institutions, said a worker "Edwin" left her alone with four boys who "did what they wanted" with her.

She was on an off-site trip with a worker who left her alone with six boys. She said one of the boys had sex with her in a hut.

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