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However, the Don Dale centre has been the subject of long-running complaints around the mistreatment of its underage inhabitants. Three guards were charged over the abuse of detainee Dylan Voller, who was repeatedly stripped, intimidated, beaten, and tear gassed by guards from the age of 13. In one incident, a then 17-year-old Voller was hooded—his eyes covered—and tied into a chair with restraints around his ankles, wrists, shoulders, and neck before being left alone for two hours.Despite a "lengthy" 2012 investigation into Voller's treatment finding he was subject to "inappropriate and excessive force" the guards charged were all found not guilty. The findings of this investigation were also tabled in parliament, but never made public.
Voller, now 18, is an adult detainee at the Darwin Correctional Centre but gave Four Corners access to video evidence of his abuse inside Don Dale to try and expose the consistent victimisation of young detainees at the centre."He's been assaulted, he's been battered and we say those incidents have been unlawful," Voller's lawyer Peter O'Brien told the program. "He wants … to ensure that this doesn't happen to others, so that other kids are not treated in a similar manner."Follow Maddison on Twitter.
