Senior prison official’s court testimony at odds with government spin on Queensland youth detention
For months, the state government has defended conditions inside Cleveland, in the face of accounts by guards, judges and children documenting problematic practices
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In a Townsville courtroom last month, a senior manager at the Cleveland youth detention centre sat in the witness box to answer questions about the prison’s systematic use of solitary confinement.
For months, the state government has defended conditions inside Cleveland, in the face of accounts by guards, teachers, youth workers, court documents, judges and children documenting problematic practices.
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