Previous youth abuse revelations didn't pique my interest: Nigel Scullion

By Fergus Hunter
Updated July 27 2016 - 9:39am, first published July 26 2016 - 9:34pm
Youths are manhandled by corrections system staff in the ABC footage. Photo: ABC Four Corners
Youths are manhandled by corrections system staff in the ABC footage. Photo: ABC Four Corners
Dylan Voller being manhandled by staff at the Darwin facility. Photo: ABC Four Corners
Dylan Voller being manhandled by staff at the Darwin facility. Photo: ABC Four Corners
Dylan Voller is hooded and strapped to a restraining chair in the footage aired on Four Corners. Photo: ABC Four Corners
Dylan Voller is hooded and strapped to a restraining chair in the footage aired on Four Corners. Photo: ABC Four Corners

Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has conceded that previous revelations about the shocking conditions inside the Northern Territory corrections system failed to "pique [his] interest sufficiently" and that he wasn't fully aware of the treatment of incarcerated youth until seeing the vision aired by ABC's Four Corners on Monday night.

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