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Incarcerated children are being denied access to education, phone calls to lawyers and medical treatment due to “inadequate” staffing and resourcing at South Australia’s youth prison, the state’s youth justice watchdog has revealed in an explosive new report.
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South Australia is failing young people in care by not ensuring more participate in the NAPLAN, the state’s Guardian for Children says, following the release of data showing only half of Year 9 students under the guardianship last year sat the national test.
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South Australia’s youth justice watchdog has criticised Corrections Minister Corey Wingard for suggesting the state does not need greater prison oversight amid concerns there are “serious gaps” in the protection of detained children.
Child protection experts from across the country have been asked to help South Australia improve outcomes for Aboriginal children, after a report revealed a decline in the number of young people being placed in culturally appropriate care.
Children and young people in residential care homes who are unable to receive visits from family members as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus must be able to continue going to school, South Australia’s guardian for children says.
New abuse allegations have emerged from the former disgraced Families SA, including claims children in residential care were asked to film sexual activity between peers and staff, and told to have an abortion because of their race.
