Raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 is a vitally important way to do so.”Statistics show many young people are imprisoned for theft and public order offences.Interaction with the justice system while young means people are likely to be involved with the system again later in life.According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report “If Australian Governments were serious about reducing the number of Aboriginal people being locked away in prisons each year, then they would take the sane and logical step to ensure Aboriginal children are kept out of this cruel, broken system in the first place,” Human Rights Law Centre senior lawyer Shahleena Musk said.“Children need care, love and support so they can reach their full potential. The Raise The Age campaign says about 600 children under 14 are incarcerated each year in Australia, with some 65 per cent being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.

We recognise the ongoing injustice of discriminatory laws resulting from colonisation that result in Aboriginal people being arrested and locked up disproportionately. Why we need to raise the age In just one year across Australia close to 600 children aged 10 to 13 years were locked up and thousands more were hauled through the criminal legal system. An online campaign to raise the age of criminal responsibility is gathering pace with social media flooded by high-profile activists and celebrities demanding an end to kids in cuffs. Youth advocates have been lobbying Australian governments to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility Australia's Council of Attorneys-General has asked a working group to look into the issue Just over half of all Australian children imprisoned on any given night are Indigenous

The age of criminal responsibility in every Australian state and territory 10 years old. Anglicare Australia joins Raise the Age campaign – and calls for action on child imprisonment News Anglicare Australia has said that Attorneys-General across Australia missed a major opportunity this week to keep children safe and out of prison: “Children belong in classrooms and playgrounds – not in handcuffs or prison cells.

Children don’t belong in prison. Instead they’ve thrown up more delays.”Ms Ebsworth urged governments across Australia to act on the calls of “Young people and their advocates have been calling on governments to raise the age for years.

This is becoming a crisis across the country, with close to 600 locked up in any given year.“Two in three are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, and many have been let down by the system at every level.“Australia’s Attorneys-General had a chance to take action yesterday when they met. China, Russia, Germany, Spain, Sierra Leone, Azerbaijan, Cambodia and Rwanda have taken this step and we must do the same for Australian kids.

In Australia, children as young as 10 can be arrested, brought before a judge and sent to prison.

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