Shredded documents, missing reports and staff too scared to speak up, or ignored — Tasmania's commission of inquiry hears more evidence of what goes on behind the gates at the island's only youth prison.
"He controlled who I spoke to at the centre and where I went. I was completely at the mercy of Mr Ryan in that regard," she said.
She said there was a "defensiveness" and she was almost never able to speak to the youth detainees or get information about their pasts. On top of that, she said in her statement, she struggled to get the department to take things seriously. "There was a gap in knowledge about what our role was … it was not our role to punish children, it was our role to support them," she told the commission.
She refused, but another female worker removed her clothing and it was replaced with clothes that wouldn't "rile up the boys".
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