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WA youth prison staff seeking compensation

Some boys at Perth's Banksia Hill facility spent as little as one hour a day outside their cells. (Tim Clarke/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Western Australia's troubled juvenile detention centre is facing "extraordinarily high" rates of compensation claims from burnt out staff, an inquiry has heard.

The disability royal commission on Friday heard evidence from WA's inspector of custodial services, who reiterated his view Banksia Hill was run more like an adult prison than a centre for detaining children as young as 10.

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