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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.
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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.
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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.
The State Government is “on the face of it” breaching core international human rights protections by detaining children while they are on remand, South Australia’s child detention watchdog has warned, amid concerns that children as young as 10 are being filmed while in the shower.
Health Minister Stephen Wade will today propose a suite of changes to a SA Government Bill to enforce mandatory drug treatment on young people, following criticism the proposed legislation would breach several of Australia’s human rights obligations.
Children won’t be sent to youth detention centres under a SA Government plan to enforce mandatory drug treatment on young people, the Health Minister says, but advocates are still concerned about the proposed legislation.
