Darwin youth prison a scene of 'disrepair and despair'

By Damien Murphy
Updated December 5 2016 - 9:13pm, first published 5:37pm
A scene from the Four Corners program, at the Don Dale Detention Centre.   Photo: ABC
A scene from the Four Corners program, at the Don Dale Detention Centre. Photo: ABC
Youths were isolated and strapped to mechanical chairs at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin.  Photo: ABC News
Youths were isolated and strapped to mechanical chairs at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin. Photo: ABC News

Hanging points, mattresses that could burst into flames, and all-male Caucasian staff who preferred to monitor young Aboriginal prisoners via CCTV rather than interact with them and allowed them to smash up the place.

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