A Senate inquiry will examine the over-imprisonment of First Nations children and compliance by federal, state and territory prisons and detention centres with their international human rights obligations to protect the human rights of children and young people.
A national inquiry into youth justice and incarceration will investigate why so many First Nations children are being jailed. Around 70 per cent of incarcerated youth across the country are Indigenous. Last week the federal Greens secured an urgent federal Senate inquiry, saying youth justice systems across the country are in meltdown. The Senate Youth Justice Inquiry will be conducted by the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee and will report by November 26 this year.
While the former Northern Territory government raised the age to 12, the new CLP government says it will lower the responsible age back to ten, introduce harsher bail laws and allow spit hoods to be used on kids . National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds welcomed the inquiry, saying it has come at a critical time to prevent further systemic failures harming children and young people.
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