The newly elected Northern Territory Country Liberal Party government passed a suite of controversial punitive measures, which many argue will brutalise young children and not make the community any safer. Stephen W Enciso reports.
Don Dale Youth Detention Centre
Close Don Dale activist cleared of criminal charges while First Nations children remain incarcerated
Justin Tutty has been found not guilty of trespass for sitting down in an MPs office, but children are still being locked in Don Dale against expert advice and royal commission recommendations.聽Stephen W Enciso reports.
Almost six years since the Royal Commission into the Detention and Protection of Children in the Northern Territory delivered its findings, the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre is still open. Stephen W Enciso reports.
Queensland鈥檚 Annastacia Palaszczuk government has聽announced聽plans to build another children鈥檚 jail in Woodford, next door to the adult maximum-security facility.聽Paul Gregoire 颈苍迟别谤惫颈别飞蝉听Debbie Kilroy from Sisters Inside.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced that her government聽will enact laws to crack down ever harder on youth offenders.聽Paul Gregoire reports.
The United Nations Sub-committee on the Prevention of Torture had only just begun its long-awaited visit to check on detainees in Australia when it suddenly cancelled聽the visit. Paul Gregoire reports on the聽obstruction it faced while聽attempting to carry out its mandate.
Pressure is mounting on the NT Labor government to close Don Dale Youth Detention Centre sooner than it said it would.聽Stephen W Enciso听谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.
The NT government is committed to keep incarcerating children in Don Dale Youth Detention Centre until at least 鈥渓ate 2023鈥, reports聽Stephen W Enciso.
Darwin activist Justin Tutty faced court on August 15 after trying to draw attention to the self-harm crisis at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre by聽sitting in Northern Territory families minister Kate Worden鈥檚 office. Stephen W Enciso reports.
A United Nations' committee investigating torture in places of detention will be conducting its first visit to Australia in October. Paul Gregoire聽explains聽what it was likely to encounter.
Justice campaigners are renewing their calls for Don Dale Youth Detention Centre to be closed, following reports of an attempted suicide by a child detainee. Stephen W Enciso reports.
Pressure on the NT government to close聽down Don Dale youth detention centre is growing.聽Stephen W Enciso reports.
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