The Guardian • incarceration
Issue #1964
Australia’s age of criminal responsibility is “archaic”
Australia is being urged by 31 countries of the United Nations to reconsider our archaic laws regarding the age of criminal responsibility.
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Issue #1951
Qld Labor government’s misguided crackdown on juvenile crime
The Queensland Labor government announced on Wednesday, 9th February, that it will be cracking down on juvenile crime, a move many legal advocacy groups have immediately and roundly condemned.
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Issue #1954
Blak death cells – three more black deaths in custody on eve of royal commission 30th year anniversary
Three First Nations people have died in custody this month, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. These three deaths – two in New South Wales (NSW) and one in Victoria – add to the already 440+ black deaths in custody that have occurred over these thirty years, leading families of the victims to declare a national emergency.
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