Department says teenager died at Perth’s Sir Charles Gairdner hospital shortly after 10pm on Thursday
The 16-year-old boy died a week after he was found unresponsive in his cell at Western Australia’s Casuarina prison.The 16-year-old boy died a week after he was found unresponsive in his cell at Western Australia’s Casuarina prison.hospital a week after being found unresponsive inside a maximum security prison that is holding more than a dozen young detainees.
Guardian Australia understands that the incident was suspected to have been an act of self-harm, and staff had rendered emergency first aid until paramedics arrived and the teenager was taken to hospital.In a statement, the Western Australian Department of Justice said the boy died at the Sir Charles Gairdner hospital shortly after 10pm on Thursday, surrounded by family members.
The government has faced harsh criticism over conditions in the state’s only youth detention centre – Banksia Hill – amid ongoing reports ofIn its statement, the Department of Justice said it helped the boy’s family, who are from a regional part of the state, to provide comfort during the last weeks of his life and it would continue to provide support after his death.
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