Not all the children were misbehaving — two boys can be seen on CCTV calmly playing cards before being exposed to the fumes.
Another can be seen repeatedly smashing the wall of his cell with a broken light fitting.
The described the shared living cells were small and confined and they had no access to schooling.
The boys' lawyer also stated before the gassing incident they had been kept in their cells for 17 days straight- with only 1hour a day for access to an indoor concreted area.
One boy excapes to the yard and gets tear gassed.
They were awarded $53,000 in compensation over the tear gassing incident which occurred in 2014. Justice Judith Kelly ruled that the government would pay three of the boys $12,000 each in damages, while the fourth former inmate would receive $17,000
One boy is left in his cell and exposed to tear gas for eight minutes. He is seen lying face down on the floor with his hands behind his back, before being handcuffed by two prison officers wearing gas masks and dragged out of his cell.
The described the shared living cells were small and confined and they had no access to schooling.The boys' lawyer also stated before the gassing incident they had been kept in their cells for 17 days straight- with only 1hour a day for access to an indoor concreted area.
They were awarded $53,000 in compensation over the tear gassing incident which occurred in 2014. Justice Judith Kelly ruled that the government would pay three of the boys $12,000 each in damages, while the fourth former inmate would receive $17,000