A 16-year-old Aboriginal boy has become the first child to die while in the custody of WA’s youth justice system after he stopped breathing one week after attempting suicide at Unit 18 in Casuarina Prison.

<p>A 16-year-old Aboriginal boy has become the first child to die while in the custody of WA’s youth justice system after he stopped breathing one week after attempting suicide at Unit 18 in Casuarina Prison.</p>

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