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'Warning flare' for high Indigenous kids' jail rates
First Nations children are 27 times more likely to be detained, as tougher state laws and adult sentencing deepen over-representation.
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‘Warning flare’ for high Indigenous kids’ jail rates
First Nations children are being locked up at alarming rates, as legal experts say Australians are being sold a “false choice” on community safety. State governments across the country have pursued policies that are driving the mass incarceration of First Nations people, according to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service. First Nations children are now 27 times more likely to be detained than their non-Indigenous count…
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