Close Don Dale: NT juvenile justice inquiry final report delivered

Still image of Dylan Voller

Image: Still image of Dylan Voller, hooded and restrained in 2016 Source: AAP

A Northern Territory royal commission has recommended the closure of Darwin's notorious Don Dale Detention Centre, raising the age of criminal responsibility and ending long periods of isolation and restraint for child inmates. Image: Still image of Dylan Voller, hooded and restrained in 2016 (AAP)


The final report of the $54 million inquiry, which was sparked when footage of boys being tear gassed, wearing spithoods and shackled was aired on television last year, was released today. ( NOV 17)

Peggy Giakoumelos reports.


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