Inquest hears detainees at Unit 18 youth detention facility spend eight hours outside of their cell a day

The WA Corrective Services Minister has again found himself at odds with experts – including some from within his own Department – about the treatment of young people in detention. As the national children's commissioner continues to call for an end to detention and a focus on alternatives, the Minister says some young detainees only have themselves to blame for spending longer in their cells. A warning, this story contains the image of an Aboriginal person who has died.