10959 - WA government apologises to family of Cleveland Dodd at inquest into his death - ABC News
He said water was not given to Cleveland on the night he died despite his repeated requests, and that his threats of self-harm were not taken seriously.
Because hatches in cell doors had been welded shut, providing water required "breaching" the cell, which needed the permission of the senior officer overnight.
Mr Penglis said on the night Cleveland self-harmed, the officer on duty's refusal to do so was an "unreasonable, egregious and inexcusable failure" to provide a "human right".
