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| Australian teen abused in detention speaks out | Australian teen abused in detention speaks out |
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| An teenager who has become the face of a juvenile detention scandal has thanked Australians for their support. | |
| Images of Dylan Voller cuffed to a mechanical restraint chair drew widespread condemnation after they were aired on television. | |
| Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday convened a royal commission to examine treatment of juvenile inmates in the Northern Territory. | Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday convened a royal commission to examine treatment of juvenile inmates in the Northern Territory. |
| In a public letter, Voller said he wanted to make up for his past actions. | In a public letter, Voller said he wanted to make up for his past actions. |
| "I would just like to thank the whole Australian community for the support you have showed for us boys as well as our families," Voller wrote. | "I would just like to thank the whole Australian community for the support you have showed for us boys as well as our families," Voller wrote. |
| "I would also like to take this opportunity to apologise to the community for my wrongs and I can't wait to get out and make up for them." | "I would also like to take this opportunity to apologise to the community for my wrongs and I can't wait to get out and make up for them." |
| The chair | The chair |
| The Australian Broadcasting Corp.'s Four Corners programme this week showed footage of teenage offenders stripped naked, assaulted and tear gassed at the Northern Territory's Don Dale Youth Detention Centre. | |
| Voller, who has been convicted of crimes including car theft, robbery and assault, was targeted in a number of incidents. | Voller, who has been convicted of crimes including car theft, robbery and assault, was targeted in a number of incidents. |
| One of the guards who worked at the juvenile detention centre revealed that Voller had been placed in the restraint chair on multiple occasions. | One of the guards who worked at the juvenile detention centre revealed that Voller had been placed in the restraint chair on multiple occasions. |
| "I know of three times he was in the restraint chair," said youth detention guard Ben Kelleher. | "I know of three times he was in the restraint chair," said youth detention guard Ben Kelleher. |
| "Dylan was never so still, he was never so sheepish as he was when he was in that chair. I think he had admitted defeat when it happened. | "Dylan was never so still, he was never so sheepish as he was when he was in that chair. I think he had admitted defeat when it happened. |
| "I turned up for one shift and Dylan was in the chair and the other two times they were on incident reports I read once I got to work," he said. | "I turned up for one shift and Dylan was in the chair and the other two times they were on incident reports I read once I got to work," he said. |
| What the program showed | What the program showed |
| 'I can't wait to get out' | 'I can't wait to get out' |
| In the letter released by his lawyers, Voller also thanked Four Corners for "helping to get the truth out there". | In the letter released by his lawyers, Voller also thanked Four Corners for "helping to get the truth out there". |
| He is eligible for release in August. It will be the first time he has experienced freedom as an adult. | He is eligible for release in August. It will be the first time he has experienced freedom as an adult. |
| His lawyer called for the young man's immediate release and said his client was "scared for his safety". | His lawyer called for the young man's immediate release and said his client was "scared for his safety". |
| Voller's sister said she struggled to watch the footage of her brother being mistreated. | Voller's sister said she struggled to watch the footage of her brother being mistreated. |
| "I wanted to turn the TV off," Kirra Voller told the NT News. | "I wanted to turn the TV off," Kirra Voller told the NT News. |
| "He's just a lost little boy on the inside who needed guidance and love and support, but from the age of 10 he was isolated and separated from everyone and everything," she said. | "He's just a lost little boy on the inside who needed guidance and love and support, but from the age of 10 he was isolated and separated from everyone and everything," she said. |
| The prime minister is now under pressure to widen the scope of the royal commission to treatment of youths in detention nationwide. | The prime minister is now under pressure to widen the scope of the royal commission to treatment of youths in detention nationwide. |
| The Northern Territory's attorney-general, John Elferink, has been stripped of his corrections portfolio in the wake of the scandal. | The Northern Territory's attorney-general, John Elferink, has been stripped of his corrections portfolio in the wake of the scandal. |