NT govt defends prison after roof incident

THREE juvenile inmates escaped from their cells and climbed onto the roof of their facility at the new Darwin prison.

JUVENILE prisoners who escaped their cells two nights in a row have exposed weaknesses in Darwin's new $500 million detention complex, but the NT government says the facility is now secure.

IN the early hours of Sunday morning, a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old kicked in the door of the room they were being held in at the complex behavioural unit of the Darwin Correctional Precinct (DCP) and climbed onto the roof before being recaptured.