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After winning in a landslide Northern Territory election, Lia Finocchiaro and the Country Liberals have announced massive hard-line reforms to the youth justice system, including lowering the age of criminal responsibility, denying bail for repeat and violent offenders, and holding parents partly responsible for the crimes of their children. This comes after rises in youth …
Last week, a new report was tabled at the WA Parliament hoping to change how young people are treated in detention. The report called ‘Hear Me Out’ features the voices and perspectives of 43 children and young people detained at Banksia Hill and Unit 18, along with staff and service providers. Image: Image: Pexels/ Ron …
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A senior court psychologist has labelled Queensland’s practice of housing youth detainees in the same facility as adult prisoners as nothing short of child abuse. Andrea Bates wrote an open letter to colleagues and government officials about the conditions at the Cairns Police Watch House where children are kept along with adult offenders. The letter …