We shouldn’t be locking up kids. Especially when they need our support.
Early contact with the criminal legal system increases a child’s likelihood of reoffending. We need age-appropriate solutions to problematic behaviour.
We need to #RaiseTheAge of criminal responsibility.
‘The system’s broken’: the crisis gripping Australia’s juvenile justice centres
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