young offenders

Prison Reform Advocates Call to Unlock Alternatives to Incarceration

Is Australia’s prison system really working? According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, figures from a year ago show more than 800 young offenders aged between 14 and 17 have spent a night in lockup. At such a critical time in a young person’s development and self-discovery, how effective is juvenile detention and …

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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk moves to put more kids behind bars

After a concerted campaign by the Victims of Crime Collective and other groups the Queensland Government has decided to backflip on bail laws. This means that if a child breaches a bail provision, they can be locked up for up to 2 years. Yet the current research indicates that this kind of heavy handed approach …

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