Malcolm Turnbull calls royal commission into youth abuse at Northern Territory's Don Dale detention centre

By Fergus Hunter
Updated July 27 2016 - 9:26am, first published July 26 2016 - 3:38pm
An image from the Four Corners program showing a teenage boy strapped to a mechanical chair in an Alice Springs prison. Photo: ABC Four Corners
An image from the Four Corners program showing a teenage boy strapped to a mechanical chair in an Alice Springs prison. Photo: ABC Four Corners
A scene from the Four Corners program. Photo: ABC/Four Corners
A scene from the Four Corners program. Photo: ABC/Four Corners
Malcolm Turnbull Photo: Mark Graham
Malcolm Turnbull Photo: Mark Graham

A "shocked and appalled" Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced there will be a royal commission into the abuse of youths in the Northern Territory corrections system following explosive revelations aired on the ABC's Four Corners program on Monday night.

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