Indigenous children are 29 times more likely to be imprisoned than non-indigenous children and children as young as 10 are being held in adult watch houses, subjected to solitary confinement and even forced into spit hoods practices that amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law. Australia must act now to end these torturous practices and raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14. (Write your ideas for this campaign below. Please keep in mind Amnesty International Australia's values and behaviours charter when commenting. Offensive posts will be removed.)
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