The Informer

1 Aug 2016

#HandsOffAboriginalKids

Government & Organisations, National, News & Politics, Uncategorized

In Victoria, Indigenous youth are 12 times more likely to be in Youth Detention than other young people. Many are there on remand for parole issues and have not been sentenced, but

Victorian Commissioner Andrew Jackomos joins Ruby Susan and Sarah Ramantanis to talk about the consequences of mass youth incarceration on Australia’s First People and their community.

 

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