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Cleveland Dodd inquest: Guard was anxious about doing senior role while on probation

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The last of three youth custodial officers, working the night Yamatji teenager Cleveland Dodd was found unresponsive in his cell, has given evidence to an inquest in Perth. The 16-year-old died after self harming - the first juvenile to die in youth detention in Western Australia.
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