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SA children aged as young as 10 will continue to be arrested, charged and detained for at least another year after a national meeting decided to put off a decision to lift the criminal age, with Attorney-General Vickie Chapman unwilling to take action before a federal consensus is reached.
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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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Pressure is mounting on the State Government to lift the age of criminal responsibility in South Australia from 10 to 14 years, but Attorney-General Vickie Chapman says no decision will be made until a federal review is handed down.
The State Government has pledged to reduce the vast over-representation of Aboriginal children in detention and review the use of isolation, segregation and force in youth prisons as part of a new three-year plan.
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.
Children in state care are voluntarily choosing to stay in prison because they feel fearful and unsafe at residential care facilities, South Australia’s guardian for children has revealed.
UPDATED: A child aged under 12 was illegally isolated in a cell while detained at the Adelaide Youth Training Centre, the state’s watchdog has revealed, amid concerns staff restrain children face down on the floor and film them using the toilet.
