'I can't breathe': teenage boy gasps for air after fire lit in Queensland watch house

Опубликовано: 16 Февраль 2025
на канале: Guardian Australia
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Footage from the Cairns watch house in January, seen by Guardian Australia and SBS The Feed, shows a First Nations teenage boy waking in an isolation cell struggling to breathe as he calls for help.
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He is one of two boys held in the isolation cell known as 'the box'. The footage was taken several hours after a blanket was allegedly set on fire by another inmate and then extinguished. After the alleged fire, the two boys were placed in isolation. 'I can't breathe,' the 15-year-old boy calls out. 'He's got asthma,' the other boy says. 'Well, if you can talk you sound like you're breathing OK,' an officer says, adding: 'Chill out for a bit and maybe have a bit of a sleep and you'll be all right.' The boy's mother told Guardian Australia he was not given his asthma puffer at the time. It is the Guardian's understanding that he did not require hospitalisation and his breathing problems later resolved

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In Australia, children, young adults, parents and teachers can contact the Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800, or Bravehearts on 1800 272 831, and adult survivors can contact Blue Knot Foundation on 1300 657 380. Other sources of help can be found at Child Helplines International

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