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Neve Brissenden

WA justice boss resigns following unit 18 death

Cleveland Dodd was the first child to die in juvenile detention in WA since records began. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

The head of Western Australia's justice department has resigned nine weeks after an Indigenous teen became the first child to die in juvenile detention in the state since records began.

Dr Adam Tomison announced his resignation as director-general of the problem-plagued department on Monday, seven years after taking the top job.

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