Mandatory drug treatment "punitive": Children's Commissioner

South Australia’s Commissioner for Children and Young People has labelled the Liberal Government’s plan to introduce mandatory drug treatment for children as a “punitive” approach that breaches young people’s rights.

Shut down Don Dale and reform juvenile justice: royal commission

A Northern Territory royal commission has recommended the closure of Darwin’s notorious Don Dale Detention Centre, raising the age of criminal responsibility and ending long periods of isolation and restraint for child inmates.

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Mandatory drug treatment "punitive": Children's Commissioner

Shut down Don Dale and reform juvenile justice: royal commission