Youth Detention Centres: Article Summary

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This article is about the findings by the Royal Commission on youth detention centres and the effect they will have. The article includes the Dylan Voller case, which is about a young indigenous Australian male from Alice Springs and the highly disturbing image that went viral in 2016 which depicted him strapped to a restraining chair whilst wearing a spit-hood in a Northern Territory youth detention centre. The article goes on to describe similar findings of the inhumane treatment of children in youth detention centres in other cities and territories such as Queensland and the ACT.

How it relates to law & legal concepts: this gross mistreatment of youth by officers in juvenile detention centres goes against many Northern Territory laws in …show more content…
Some racial prejudice is also shown on the part of Australia’s legal system, as criminologist Chris Cunneen found that 70% of incarcerated youths are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. Advantages of stronger enforcement of child welfare laws include a higher level of safety for children who have been incarcerated. Many children who have committed crimes do not belong in prison as it will not reform or change them in any way other than hardening them or even shaping them into better criminals. However, a disadvantage to this would be the possibility of continued criminal activity by the juvenile delinquents if they received a sentencing alternate to prison time. However, due to research and evidence of the mistreatment and negative effects juvenile detention has on children, it is clear that the answer to juvenile delinquency is not always prison and, for those who require prison time, stronger monitoring and vigilance in relation to the protection of the children is
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