00:00The first part of the probe revealed the stark contrast in how the state presented Unit 18
00:08and what it was actually like.
00:10Here's what the Deputy Commissioner said when the unit first opened in 2022.
00:16This is a much better environment for them.
00:18It's a much safer environment for them.
00:20It's secure.
00:21It enables them to get the care and attention that they need in a much more intensive manner.
00:27But that's not how the unit manager saw it.
00:30She told the inquiry she spent a lot of her day in worry because she couldn't give detainees
00:35the supervision they required.
00:37While the duty nurse said unlike other detention facilities, Unit 18 had no dedicated nursing
00:43area or mental health team.
00:45And on multiple occasions, a continually self-harming detainee had no access to mental health support.
00:52The Deputy Commissioner goes on.
00:54I think the staff are looking forward to coming into a much better, a more fit for
01:00purpose environment.
01:03We've had staff volunteer to come.
01:06But the officers inside tell a different story.
01:09One testifying it was set up to fail.
01:11They didn't feel that it was going to be successful and some refused to go.
01:16When it came to transferring Unit 18 detainees back to Banksia Hill, the Deputy Commissioner
01:21said.
01:23They will be assessed on a weekly basis, on an ongoing basis.
01:27And when they're able to move back to Banksia Hill, they will individually be moved back.
01:32But in the eyes of Unit 18's former manager, to try get a detainee back to Banksia Hill
01:37was like pushing a huge rock up there.
01:40They didn't want them, she said.
01:41I'm going to be honest and say they did not want them there.
01:45Christine Jimby is among officials set to give evidence in the coming weeks and will
01:50no doubt be questioned on these gaps in perspective.
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