Adelaide Youth Training Centre detainees share thoughts on raising the age of criminal responsibility abc.net.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abc.net.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The state government will look to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility and has today proposed the “toughest maximum penalties in the country” for those that recruit children into criminal activity.
Call to dump enforced drug treatment in youth detention newcastleherald.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newcastleherald.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Laws allowing South Australian authorities to detain drug-dependent children for mandatory treatment should be repealed, according to the scheme’s watchdog, who says she is “bewildered by the capacity of our state’s services system to disregard and be indifferent to human rights”.