Top lawyer says redress should be available to all victims

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A cabinet paper about rapid torture redress payments to survivors of the Lake Alice child and adolescent unit in the 1970s says it's not possible to rule out torture at other locations. That's left a leading human rights lawyer wondering why survivors from psychiatric institutions apart from Lake Alice can only now claim - what he says - is measly compensation. Jimmy Ellingham has the story.