Why are we still locking up our children?

Why are we still locking up our children?

Another day,another kid found dead in a prison cell. It’s not the system that needs to change,it’s our thinking.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt

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‘A failure has occurred’:Perth teen takes own life at youth prison

‘A failure has occurred’:Perth teen takes own life at youth prison

There are calls for the police minister to resign as a youth has taken his own life inside the Perth facility;the second ever to do so,with both tragedies occurring within the past year.

  • byJesinta Burton,Claire Ottaviano andHolly Thompson
‘Leader of the Pack’:Inmate allegedly led child sex abuse ring from prison

‘Leader of the Pack’:Inmate allegedly led child sex abuse ring from prison

An inmate at a NSW jail allegedly directed a group of prisoners who called themselves “The Pack” to create and share child sexual abuse material.

  • byJessica McSweeney,Clare Sibthorpe andPerry Duffin
Who is the ‘North Shore Rapist’,and how did he stay hidden in plain sight?
Analysis
Crime

Who is the ‘North Shore Rapist’,and how did he stay hidden in plain sight?

Graham Kay terrorised women and girls across northern Sydney. The state of NSW twice watered down the notorious sex offender’s release conditions,and he went on to offend again.

  • bySally Rawsthorne andPerry Duffin
Prison newspaper brings legal advice,yoga tips to the incarcerated

Prison newspaper brings legal advice,yoga tips to the incarcerated

A newspaper for the incarcerated has been distributed to prisons across NSW,Victoria,the ACT and Tasmania,with hopes the other jurisdictions will follow suit.

  • byAmber Schultz
Police had a plan to help reduce Aboriginal incarceration. Then this happened ...
Analysis
Indigenous

Police had a plan to help reduce Aboriginal incarceration. Then this happened ...

Prison numbers are going in the wrong direction for Aboriginal people. But NSW Police say they should not be held accountable for helping to bring them down.

  • byPatrick Begley
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WA Justice agency ‘lied’ about unit where teen died

WA Justice agency ‘lied’ about unit where teen died

Former Department of Justice director-general Adam Tomison conceded it was an “appalling state of affairs” for the agency to write letters containing “untruths”.

  • byAaron Bunch
‘I was now the guy hurting kids’:Ex-justice boss breaks down over kids abused in custody

‘I was now the guy hurting kids’:Ex-justice boss breaks down over kids abused in custody

Former Department of Justice director general Adam Tomison agreed it was cruel punishment and inhumane treatment. He also accepted it was institutional abuse of children that started in 2021.

  • byAaron Bunch
WA Justice ‘incompetent and incapable’:Former Children’s Court judge

WA Justice ‘incompetent and incapable’:Former Children’s Court judge

The retired judge slammed the department that oversees youth justice in WA,telling an inquest he had predicted the tragedy that came to pass last October.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
New approach up north could combat WA’s youth crisis:former inspector

New approach up north could combat WA’s youth crisis:former inspector

Indigenous teenager Cleveland Dodd fatally self-harmed in custody in Perth. Now the state’s former prisons inspector has told an inquiry something must change.

  • byAaron Bunch
Officer too traumatised for questioning at inquest into WA teen prison death

Officer too traumatised for questioning at inquest into WA teen prison death

The senior officer in charge when an Indigenous teenager fatally self-harmed in custody has been excused from appearing at a high-profile inquest amid fears for his health.

  • byAaron Bunch