A former detainee of Tasmania's youth detention centre urges the commission of inquiry into child sexual abuse to 'tear the place down and start again', amid allegations one area of the prison was known as the 'gladiator pit' due to fights.
A former detainee of Tasmania's youth detention centre has urged the commission to "tear the place down and start again".
, Fred spoke about the excessive use of force by guards, being assaulted by other detainees and invasive strip searches."You've got three or four grown men on top of you. Their knees in your back or your head or your neck. If you're not taking your clothes off, they're taking them off for you.He said the Franklin unit where he was placed was also known as the "gladiator pit" because there were so many fights between detainees.
"The worst couple were one in the gym when officers stood by and watched me getting beaten up 'cause I kicked a ball and it hit someone in the face," he said."The officers there were clearly watching these boys kick me, punch me and bash me. Then they came out and locked me down and those boys just went about their days," he told the commission.
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