A tearful Adam Tomison told the court ‘I wanted to do a good job’ but agreed it was cruel and inhumane that children had been locked up for up to 23 hours a day
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A former justice department boss says youth detainees under his watch were subjected to abuse.
The revelation came during an inquest into the first West Australian custodial juvenile death.
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