19 Jun 2017

Brain injured teenager left in police cells for three nights

From Checkpoint, 5:24 pm on 19 June 2017

The Ministry charged with caring for the country's most vulnerable children left a teenager with a pre-existing brain injury in police cells for three nights because they couldn't find him a suitable bed.

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