Opinion

Suffer the little children in detention

By Denis Moriarty
August 1 2021 - 7:00pm
BETTER WAY: The alternative is dealing with kids' problems through better education and welfare services. Picture: Shutterstock
BETTER WAY: The alternative is dealing with kids' problems through better education and welfare services. Picture: Shutterstock

Earlier this year Dujuan Hoosan, a 12-year-old Aboriginal boy from Alice Springs, told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva: "I want adults to stop putting 10-year-old kids in jail." Good for him, but surely that's unnecessary? Who locks up children?

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