The man employed to implement changes to WA's youth justice system claims there was 'institutional racism' at Banksia Hill youth detention centre.
A coronial inquest into the death of an Indigenous teenager in detention has heard testimony from former WA mental health commissioner Tim Marney, who said he observed institutional racism at the state's main youth detention centre.But, he said he did not raise this observation with ministers because he was on "thin ice as it was" because he was "pushing the envelope" in his efforts to reform youth justice .
Tim Marney has been giving evidence at the coronial inquest into the death of 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd in detention last year. He told the inquest that when accommodation was "tight" at Banksia Hill, Aboriginal staff were sent to work in a sea container, a temporary facility without windows, "in line of sight of senior management".The coroner asked him if the impact of a large riot in May 2023, which then-premier Mark McGowan referred to as a form of terrorism, may have been an explanation for the use of the sea container.
While Mr Marney believed it would take "two to four years" to achieve, it would not necessarily be him who would do it, he said.
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