Child held in solitary cell for three days, denied food and medications

Australian Broadcasting Corporation // World // Oceania

Child held in solitary cell for three days, denied food and medications

Friday 5th September 2025, 10:55PM

An Aboriginal child was held in a solitary cell for more than three days and denied food and medication as a coercion "strategy", an investigation into the NT's notorious Don Dale youth prison has found.

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