Andrew Beck testifies at Western Australia detention inquest

A warning this story contains content that some viewers may find distressing. It discusses incidents of self-harm and includes the image of an Indigenous person who has died. A senior department of justice official has broken down while describing degrading comments a former superintendent of Western Australia’s embattled banksia hill youth detention centre made to young people. Andrew Beck who worked within the women and young people directorate for two years has been testifying at the inquest of the first child to die death in WA’s detention.