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Findings in Cleveland Dodd inquest expected today
Warning: this report contains the name and image of a deceased Indigenous person, with his family's permission.
The coroner heading the inquest into the 2023 death of Cleveland Dodd is expected to hand down their preliminary findings this afternoon.
The 16-year-old was the first child to die in custody in Western Australia, after he was held in the notorious Unit 18 at Casuarina Prison.
His family yesterday rejected an apology from the WA government saying words are cheap.
'Animals get treated more better than my grandson, who asked for a cup of water in a prison that wasn't even meant to be for a 16-year-old boy,' said Roslyn Sullivan.
During the inquest it was revealed the teen spent an average of just three minutes a day outside his prison cell.
The family's lawyer described the suicide death as predictable, inexcusable and preventable.
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