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Don Dale detainee isolated for 84 hours and denied food as coercion technique, investigation finds

Children’s commissioner says young Indigenous person kept in isolation for 12 hours longer than permitted under NT youth justice laws because they refused to move cell blocks

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Children set to leave Don Dale amid jail overcrowding

The Northern Territory Government is close to opening a new youth detention facility as the region continues to battle overcrowding in jails.

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For a little bit there, I dared to hope. But Dylan Voller’s plea shows that nothing has been learned from Don Dale

The former child prisoner’s photo should have served as a stark warning when it first hit the public. Instead the NT is falling over itself to repeat these abuses

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Don Dale detention centre to become adult prison again

The Don Dale detention centre will again house adult prisoners as the Northern Territory government also announces plans for new "therapeutic" women's jails.

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Kids allegedly locked in cells while Don Dale on fire

Conditions at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre are again in question, sparking new concerns for detainees.

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NT ordered to pay $1m in damages to youths teargassed in 2014 Don Dale disturbance

Justice rules use of gas was unlawful and says there was ‘high-handedness or disparaging comments’ by officers towards Indigenous detainees

The Guardian - AU

Don Dale: the children with profound disability held behind bars in the NT

At least 15 children with a diagnosed disability, including foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, are being held in detention in the Northern Territory

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Youth detainees in Alice Springs detention centre lose 'urgent' bid against transfer to Don Dale

The children will be sent to a detention centre 1,500 kilometres away because the Alice Springs youth detention centre is full, after the children's lawyers filed an injunction to prevent the transfer on the grounds their physical and mental health would suffer.

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Man sues Northern Territory alleging ‘sustained’ sexual abuse at Don Dale youth detention centre

Indigenous man claims he was repeatedly abused as a teenager by three staff members in case lawyer says reflects how centre ‘was operating at that time’

The Guardian - AU

Northern Territory government sued over claims of sexual and physical abuse at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre

A former Don Dale detainee is suing the Northern Territory government alleging sexual abuse by staff as nine other ex-juvenile inmates come forward with similar complaints over a 23-year period.

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‘Only fit for a bulldozer’: nurse alleges children in distress and clinic ‘crumbling’ at Don Dale

Exclusive: Some young detainees are so anxious about lockdowns they request anti-psychotic medicine, ex-employee claims

The Guardian - AU

Plans to move children from Alice Springs Youth Detention Centre to Don Dale criticised

Youth justice advocates say the temporary transfer will seriously interrupt young people's rehabilitation programs and increase the risk of further offending.

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Northern Territory youth detention understaffing to blame for increase in assaults, officers say

The NT' Children's Commissioner says a lack of staffing in youth detention centres has resulted in "rolling lockdowns", increasing tensions between detainees and officers.

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No action taken over fresh vision of 'excessive force' in Don Dale, NT government slammed over 'lack of transparency'

The Northern Territory government says an internal review of the incident found "there was no malicious intent" by the officers to cause harm to the teenager.

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Boys handcuffed, held down by guards and sat on in dangerous youth detention 'folding' restraint

Video footage shows how children are being treated in a youth detention facility facing allegations of excessive force and unlawful confinement.

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Kumanjayi Walker spent long stretches in troubled Don Dale detention centre, inquest hears

Coroner told Walker detained at a time when an NT inquiry was ‘extremely critical’ of the treatment of vulnerable children in custody

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Ashley Youth Detention Centre staff recruitment underway, as detainee tells mother of lockdown

A young detainee at Tasmania's Ashley prison tells his mother of being confined to his cell for over 22 hours a day, as ongoing staff shortages mean lockdowns and a recruitment drive which could pull staff from the notorious Don Dale jail in the Northern Territory.

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FOI documents show the NT is breaching its own independent monitoring policy at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre

Freedom of Information documents reveal the NT government is failing to adhere to its own independent monitoring policy at a time when self-harm incidents are surging inside its youth detention facilities.

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The Northern Territory is 'considering' alternatives to spit hoods on kids in police custody, but won't say if they could be banned

It has been six months since the Northern Territory government promised to look at alternatives to using spit hoods on children in police custody. It still won't commit to banning them altogether.

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Self-harm incidents inside Don Dale spark intervention of NT Children's Commissioner

The NT Children's Commissioner points to "continual and systematic use of extended lockdowns" inside Don Dale, which she says have increased since the NT government introduced tougher youth bail laws last year.

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‘Is it really going to take a death?’: legal advocates say Don Dale must be shut down

Teenager hospitalised this week the latest in at least 54 self-harm or suicide attempts at NT youth detention centre since July 2021

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COVID hospitalisations in the Northern Territory drop to 174, four people in ICU

COVID hospitalisations decrease slightly in the Northern Territory as 1,160 new coronavirus cases are announced on Wednesday.

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COVID-19 cases detected in Don Dale youth detention facility, Health Minister Natasha Fyles tests positive

Thirteen cases are confirmed inside Don Dale as the Northern Territory government announces there are now 156 patients with COVID-19 in NT hospitals. The NT Health Minister has also tested positive to COVID-19.

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