Locking up kids has serious mental health impacts and contributes to further reoffending
- Written by: Summer May Finlay, Senior Lecturer - Indigenous Health, University of Wollongong
This article contains information on violence experienced by First Nations young people in the Australian carceral system. There are mentions of racist terms, and this piece also mentions self harm, trauma and suicide.
The ABC Four Corners report “Locking up Kids” detailed the horrific conditions for young Aboriginal people in the...
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