Article 6FV7W Western Australian prison chief replaced after death in custody of Indigenous teenager

Western Australian prison chief replaced after death in custody of Indigenous teenager

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Cleveland Dodd, 16, died in hospital a week after officers discovered him unconscious in the youth wing of Perth's Casuarina prison

Western Australia's corrective services commissioner has been replaced after the death of an Indigenous teen who self-harmed in the youth wing at an adult prison.

Mike Reynolds will make way for Brad Royce, an assistant commissioner from WA Police, Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia says.

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