An overnight riot at Darwin’s notorious Don Dale Youth Detention Centre has allegedly resulted in a police officer being struck with a projectile and taken to hospital, while a building was also set on fire.
Emergency services were called to the centre about 4pm on Wednesday after 14 youths allegedly climbed onto a roof.
A police officer was allegedly struck and his leg was fractured on Wednesday night, before eight of the 14 youths on the roof surrendered.A building at the facility was allegedly set alight but the extent of the damage was not specified. “Those young people are some of our worst-behaved young people in the territory. That’s why they are at the detention facility,” the Acting Deputy Commissioner said.Media reports in 2016 showed spit hoods and restraint chairs were used at Don Dale.
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