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Aaron Bunch

Mother's dismay as custodial staff cleared after death

The death of Cleveland Dodd in a WA detention centre has caused outrage and grief in the community. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

The mother of an Indigenous teenager who fatally self-harmed in youth detention is "dismayed and disappointed" custodial staff were cleared of serious misconduct over her son's death, lawyers say.

Cleveland Dodd was found unresponsive in the early hours of October 12, 2023 inside his cell at Perth's Casuarina Prison, becoming the first juvenile to die in a detention facility in Western Australia.

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