Inquest to investigate death of Indigenous teen in custody after suicide attempt in Casuarina’s Unit 18
A coronial inquest will investigate the death of an Indigenous teenager found unresponsive in a prison cell after a suspected self-harm incident. Officers discovered the 16-year-old at the troubled Unit 18 youth detention facility at Casuarina Prison in Western Australia in the early hours of October 12 after he contacted them through the intercom. The…