NewsBite

Teen prisoners rights abused in poo claims

AN Aboriginal legal aid agency says allegations that juvenile detention centre staff dared detainees to eat poo are not the first rights abuse claims.

ALLEGATIONS that juvenile detention officers in the Northern Territory encouraged teenage inmates to fight each other for junk food and eat bird faeces are not the first rights abuse claims, an Aboriginal legal aid lawyer says.

A FORMER inmate of the Don Dale juvenile detention centre made the allegations at a youth justice forum held in Darwin on Monday.

Original URL: https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/nt-police-examining-jail-pooeating-claims/news-story/25a6996e88cb96fa3f9c6ff031b4089a