Staff at Tasmanian youth detention centre provoked fights ‘for sport’, former detainee says

Just close this place down,' witness tells inquiry examining sexual abuse allegations at Ashley Youth Detention Centre

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Staff at Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre provoked fights between children as sport" and once dragged a female detainee by the hair from a shower, an inquiry has been told.

A former detainee, known under the pseudonym Fred, suffers post-traumatic stress disorder, crazy flashbacks" and panic attacks from what he saw and experienced at the centre.