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Victoria's Indigenous truth-telling inquiry is calling on the state government to create an independent watchdog to tackle police complaints, a First Nations-controlled child protection system and to stop detaining children under the age of 16.

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[–] LineNoise@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Interactions with the justice system in Australia are criminogenic, ie. they increase the likelihood of reoffending. Especially when it comes to youth offenders.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-15/buried-report-on-youth-detention-raising-the-age/101635706

Australia’s primary approaches are failing to produce correctional outcomes and doubling down on that will make the problem worse, not better, regardless of how much populist politics might wish it to be otherwise. We do have models that have demonstrated success but they’re all in a therapeutic justice tradition.