Jailing Is Failing: Conference Calls for Re-Think of Youth Crime Crackdown

Jailing is failing: conference calls for re-think of youth crime crackdown

All over the country, there are concerns about rising rates of youth crime. At the same time, advocates are concerned about the rate of incarceration for First Nations people, fearing some communities are being criminalised and over-policed. Advocates say Australia is not on track to meeting Closing the Gap targets on imprisonment - and in fact, things are only getting worse for young offenders. In this episode of the Too Hard Basket, we take a l

Jailing is failing: youth prison numbers under scrutiny

Tough on crime approaches are failing to make communities safer, instead undermining the rights of children and increasing incarceration rates, advocates say.