00:00Australia's Human Rights, Indigenous Social Justice and Children's Commissioners arriving
00:08in WA for crisis talks at State Parliament.
00:12We don't want our children in these facilities and we definitely don't want our children
00:16dying in these facilities.
00:17So we need to be working constructively with government to make sure they're compliant
00:22with their human rights obligations.
00:24It's been almost two weeks since WA recorded its second juvenile death in custody, a 17-year-old
00:30boy who died by suicide at Banksia Hill Youth Detention Centre.
00:35Last October, 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd died from self-harm inside his cell in Unit 18,
00:41the now notorious youth wing inside Casuarina Adult Men's Prison.
00:46Absolutely we'd like to see Unit 18 close but there are a whole lot of other things we
00:50talked about as well in terms of stopping kids ending up in places like Banksia Hill
00:55and Unit 18.
00:56The group met with the Premier, the Corrective Services Minister and the Commissioner for
01:00Corrective Services.
01:02We need everybody coming together to recognise that this is about keeping the community safe
01:06but also about protecting our kids.
01:09Earlier, the Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia was forced to correct the record
01:13at the request of the Children's Court President, Judge Hilton Quayle, over comments he made
01:18in Parliament yesterday about youth detention.
01:21The Law Society of WA has added its voice to calls for change.
01:25It wants an independent review of WA's youth justice system.
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