Cleveland Dodd inquest told by youth custodial officer that Unit 18 was ‘chaos’ and ‘set up to fail’Cleveland Dodd inquest told by youth custodial officer that Unit 18 was ‘chaos’ and ‘set up to fail’

A warning, this story discusses incidents of self-harm and contains images of an Indigenous man who has died. A custodial officer who found Cleveland Dodd – the first recorded child to die in WA detention – says a special juvenile wing in an adult prison was chaotic and set up to fail. The 16-year-old died last year after hanging himself from a broken air vent ion his cell, at Unit 18 in Casuarina Prison. The Youth Custodial Officer has defended his actions at an inquest into the teenager’s death.