Female detainee tells of Ashley prison abuse and 'favouritism' of some male inmates by staff
Abused, miserable and locked up, Charlotte* turned to self-harm — but when she was caught by a youth worker, the response was far from kind.
"She slammed my head into a wooden bed base," she told Tasmania's commission of inquiry into child sexual abuse.
"She told me to grow up and stop doing it. It was making more paperwork for them."
Charlotte was sent to Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre at age 12 and was in and out of there until she was 15.
Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-24/ashley-commission-of-inquiry-charlottes-story/101366928
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