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WA minister defends actions after teen died in custody

The death of Indigenous teen Cleveland Dodd, who self-harmed in youth detention, has caused outrage. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

West Australian Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia says he was acting on advice when he told reporters that a teenager was given first aid in a "matter of minutes" after self-harming  at an adult prison.

Officers discovered 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd in a cell at the Unit 18 youth detention facility at Perth's Casuarina Prison in the early hours of October 12, after he contacted them through the intercom.

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