NT Royal Commission: Detainee's are not all from broken homes: Grandmother

In the Northern Territory, the grandmother of a former Don Dale detainee has told the youth detention royal commission how she thinks the system should change.

Her grandson told the commission today he was handcuffed to a fence and forced to sleep in a wet cell without a mattress for 24 hours, after another detainee set off a fire extinguisher.

This week the commission's hearings in Alice Springs have focused on people overseeing the youth detention system, along with former detainees.

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Tony McAvoy SC, counsel assisting the NT Royal Commission BY, former Don Dale detainee CA, BY's grandmother Commissioner Margaret White, NT Royal Commission

Source: Felicity James reported this story on Thursday, March 16, 2017 for ABC RN PM