Australia's prime minister has called a royal commission after a report showed prison guards assaulting teenage boys in juvenile detention.
The Four Corners program showed footage of teenage offenders stripped naked, assaulted and tear gassed.
One of the boys was hooded and cuffed to a mechanical restraint chair wearing a "spit hood".
The report raised questions about an institutionalised culture of abuse at Northern Territory corrections centres.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the treatment of youths by the Northern Territory corrections system needed a thorough enquiry.
"Like all Australians, I have been deeply shocked, shocked and appalled, by the images of mistreatment at the Don Dale centre," Mr Turnbull said. Full story...
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The Four Corners program showed footage of teenage offenders stripped naked, assaulted and tear gassed.
One of the boys was hooded and cuffed to a mechanical restraint chair wearing a "spit hood".
The report raised questions about an institutionalised culture of abuse at Northern Territory corrections centres.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the treatment of youths by the Northern Territory corrections system needed a thorough enquiry.
"Like all Australians, I have been deeply shocked, shocked and appalled, by the images of mistreatment at the Don Dale centre," Mr Turnbull said. Full story...
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