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1 week, 4 days ago

Australia: Why children as young as 10 face life sentences in Queensland

Queensland’s controversial new laws allow children as young as 10 to face the same sentences as adults for serious crimes. Representational Image/iStock Queensland’s controversial new laws, branded “Adult Crime, Adult Time,” have turned heads across Australia and internationally. Maggie Munn, First Nations Justice Director at the Human Rights Law Centre, stated, “Times like this make me wonder how the Premier …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Backlash mounting against Queensland 'adult time, adult crime' legislation

ABC

Stephanie Smail: An angry backlash against the Queensland Government's youth crime crackdown is mounting, with legal experts arguing its legislation will ruin lives without making the community safer. The Liberal National Party argues its proposed adult crime, adult time reforms will hold young offenders accountable for their actions and put victims at the centre of the youth justice system. What's …

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1 year, 3 months ago

'Provide clear definition of young offenders': Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs recommends MHA

Firstpost

The committee’s recommendation comes in its 245th report on the subject ‘Prison - Conditions, Infrastructure and Reforms’. Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has recommended the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to give a clear definition of “young offenders” The committee in its report, has noted that “the picture of young offenders is not clear across states”. In view …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Ministers to apologise in person to abuse victims, inquiry hears

The Independent

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1 year, 6 months ago

California is closing its last youth prisons. Will what replaces them be worse?

LA Times

The Ventura Youth Correctional Facility in Camarillo is one of the final lockups set to close as California winds down its juvenile prison program. Many of the youths being transitioned out of the Division of Juvenile Justice will land in secure youth treatment facilities, units of local juvenile systems that some advocates describe as “concrete jails.” Concerns about the lockups …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Queensland opposition reveals plans to tackle youth crime, says detention should not be last resort

ABC

Queensland's opposition has called for the removal of the presumption of detention as a last resort for young offenders, in the first of its youth crime policy proposals ahead of next year's state election. Key points: State Opposition Leader David Crisafulli announced three proposed legislation changes to combat youth crime They include changes to the Bail Act, new early-intervention methods …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Youth crime debate in wake of Emma Lovell stabbing a 'political death spiral', expert says

ABC

A prominent criminologist has accused both sides of politics of mishandling Queensland's youth crime issue. Key points: More children are incarcerated in Queensland than in any other state, according to a Griffith University professor Ross Homel says the government and opposition are trying to "outdo" each other on the youth crime issue and that will lead to more children being …

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2 years, 1 month ago

UWA law professor, judge call for WA's Banksia Hill juvenile jail to be closed

ABC

A former Inspector of Custodial Services in Western Australia is calling for the state's troubled youth detention facility Banksia Hill to be closed as soon as is practicable and the criminal age of responsibility raised to 14. Key points: Tailored facilities should be built for incarcerated young people, Neil Morgan says He says children under 14 should not be jailed …

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2 years, 2 months ago

EXCLUSIVE Racist prison killer, 42, is denied parole 22 years after beating his cellmate to death

Daily Mail

A racist prison killer who beat his cellmate to death with a table leg then daubed a swastika on the wall in blood has been denied parole 22 years after the murder, MailOnline can reveal. He was jailed for life for the racially motivated murder of cellmate Zahid Mubarek, 19, at Feltham Young Offenders Institution, west London in March 2000. …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Queensland passes new youth justice legislation in crime crackdown aimed at 'hardcore' young offenders

ABC

Queensland's Parliament has passed contentious new youth justice legislation that is set to become law in a bid to "crack down" on recidivist young offenders, despite concerns raised by advocates. Key points: Police Minister Mark Ryan says the bill targets the "10 per cent cohort of hardcore youth offenders" Youth justice advocates have warned the legislation will be ineffective and …

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