Amid concerns that the NT police continue to use spits hoods and other restraints on children and young people in custody, we note that SA has reason to be both proud and sorry about our progress in dealing with children who fall foul of the law.
Nadia Baldassi-Winderlich has just joined our team to help provide advocacy and support to the children and young people detained in the Kurlana Tapa Youth Justice Centre.
As the year comes to an end, our team has paused to reflect on the things we have been grateful for over the last 12 months. And there are plenty of things to celebrate!
Mental health, access to education and lack of cultural support are just some of the key issues raised in the latest Training Centre Visitor Annual Report about children and young people detained in SA’s youth justice centre.
As our latest law intern leaves our office, Kellie Elmes reflects on her time spent with the Training Centre Visitor Unit.
South Australia’s highly stressed child protection system is contributing to the ‘criminalisation’ of children and young people in care, a new interim report from the Office of the Guardian has found.
The OPCAT bill – to prevent torture or degrading treatment of people deprived of their liberty in South Australia is currently before State parliament. After rigorous review of the bill, the Office of the Guardian believes some fundamental changes are needed if it is to be truly effective.
When we set out to learn more about reports of dual involved children and young people being held at the Adelaide City Watch House, we quickly discovered that this practice is far more common than we thought.
Today we celebrate the strengths and culture of Aboriginal children as part of National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day.
We break down some numbers for Aboriginal ‘dual involved’ children and young people and highlight the good, and not so good, news about how they are faring.
We acknowledge and respect Aboriginal People as the traditional owners
and custodians of the land we live and work on, their living culture and their unique role in the life of South Australia.