WA premier defends shackling of Indigenous teenagers transferred to adult prison
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#61RVZ)
Mark McGowan says situation in Perth is very sad ... but we have to protect the staff - the staff can't be under threat'
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Western Australia's premier has defended the use of shackles to restrain teenage boys being transferred from youth detention to an adult prison.
A group of 17 youths was last week moved from Perth's Banksia Hill detention centre to a standalone facility at the nearby Casuarina maximum-security prison.
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