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#ShutYouthPrisons

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We allow #children to be #terrorised by the State on our behalf.

We must confront our complicity in this injustice.

Demand the end of #ChildImprisonment & #YouthDetention #ShutYouthPrisons

#RaiseTheAge Too young to drive = too young to be criminalised

Also why any *secure setting* for children must be built around principles of #kindness #care #EmotionalSecurity #empathy #compassion #passion—all the things we want to teach & model for kids.

#RaiseTheAge
#ShutYouthPrisons
#KidsOnCountry
#KidsInCommunity
#CloseToHome

THIS from 2014: “Children, it turns out, will never thrive in storage,” Nell Bernstein writes in the recently released Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison. #RaiseTheAge #ShutYouthPrisons...

‘Systems fail, boy punished’ could be the refrain of a #YouthJustice system that continues to blame, punish & harm young people for harm done to them by adults & systems’ failures. It’s got to stop #ShutYouthPrisons #DonDale #Diversion...

This #NAIDOC2019 week let’s reflect on what it means for #Australia to be the country with the highest #Indigenous #incarceration rate IN THE WORLD. We must do better. #RaiseTheAge #FundAboriginalLegalServices #ShutYouthPrisons #JusticeByUs @NATSILS_ @Change_Record

#FreeMarketThinking & #Responsibilising narratives about #YoungPeople & #YouthJustice - Australia risks going down the same path #ShutYouthPrisons #CareToPrisonPipeline #SchoolExclusion @JypNetwork

#ShutYouthPrisons #rehabilitation #education #BuildCommunitiesNotPrisons #JusticeReinvestment

How ‘Accountability Courts’ Curbed Georgia’s Prison Growth
Could this be a way to respond to youth violence AND an alternative to youth custody in Victoria? @JesuitSocialSer #YouthCrime #YouthJustice #ShutYouthPrisons #RestorativeJustice...

‘We closed workhouses, let’s get rid of child prisons’ Children’s rights campaigner Carolyne Willow was sent awa...

"Nobody has ever designed a prison to make children feel valued, to treat them well and change their lives" #ShutYouthPrisons #ShutChildPrisonswww.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/11/caro...

"We should abolish youth detention in Australia immediately" - hear hear Ross Homel! #anzsoc2017 #youthjustice #PositiveYouthJustice #shutyouthprisons

#Melbourne #remand #youthjustice #shutyouthprisons

#Melbourne #remand #YouthJustice #shutyouthprisons