Warning ‘cage-like’ conditions for young people in NT detention is ‘history repeating’
by Lorena Allam from World news | The Guardian on (#5SNA1)
Children's commissioner says it's unacceptable' that children are being left in cells for up to 23 hours a day
Cage-like" conditions in the Northern Territory's juvenile detention system are again a concern, four years on from the shocking revelations of mistreatment that forced the government to establish a royal commission, the NT children's commissioner and Aboriginal justice agencies have warned.
Children are being left in their cells for up to 23 hours a day, waiting up to three days for medical assessment and going long periods without access to education, a new report by acting NT children's commissioner, Sally Sievers, found.
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