Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #youthjustice, aggregated by home.social.
Family Raises Concern Over Perth Hospital Shackling
Arabic version: عائلة تثير مخاوف بشأن تقييد فتاة في مستشفى بيرث According to The Guardian, the family of…
#Australia #Perth #Australianpoliceandpolicing #IndigenousAustralians #WesternAustralia #youthjustice
https://www.europesays.com/australia/127676/
Indigenous girl, 16, shackled to hospital bed after being allegedly dragged through her home by police in Perth
By Jordyn Beazley
WA government has defended the practice of shackling people in hospital as ‘part of standard custodial management practices’
#IndigenousAustralians #WesternAustralia #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Youthjustice #TheGuardian #JordynBeazley
First a strip-search goes too far, then a boy is isolated in a cell … the former detainees who tell all-too-similar stories
By Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondent
Exclusive: Guardian Australia has spent five months talking to men and women who are speaking out at last, alleging systemic assaults in custody across the country
#Prisons #Youthjustice #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #Rapeandsexualassault #Psychiatry #Mentalhealth #Royalcommissionintoinstitutionalresponsestochildsexualabuse #Indigenousincarceration #CrimeAustralia #Tasmania #SouthAustralia #NorthernTerritory #WesternAustralia #Victoria #Australianlaw #Children #Youngpeople #TheGuardian #SarahCollardIndigenousaffairscorrespondent
The guard promised to protect Aaron. Instead, he allegedly raped the frightened 12-year-old
By Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondent
Exclusive: As former child detainees alleging sexual abuse in WA state custody seek redress, one lawyer condemns a shocking term used to describe compensation payouts
#WesternAustralia #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #Youthjustice #Prisons #Rapeandsexualassault #CrimeAustralia #WesternAustralianpolitics #Australianlaw #Indigenousincarceration #Youngpeople #Childprotection #Children #TheGuardian #SarahCollardIndigenousaffairscorrespondent
Saudi Arabia to execute man for being at protests and funerals when he was 15 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/16/saudi-arabia-to-execute-man-for-being-at-protests-and-funerals-when-he-was-15 #SaudiArabia #GlobalDevelopment #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #CapitalPunishment #HumanRights #HumanRights #Law #MohammedBinSalman #YouthJustice #Torture #YoungPeople #Protest
Saudi Arabia to execute man for being at protests and funerals when he was 15
By Tom Levitt
Rights group says Youssef al-Manasif was tortured and first met his lawyer five years after arrest for non-violent crimes
#SaudiArabia #Globaldevelopment #Worldnews #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Capitalpunishment #Humanrights #Humanrights #Law #MohammedbinSalman #Youthjustice #Torture #Youngpeople #Protest #TheGuardian #TomLevitt
‘He’d take boys down to the chicken shed’: survivors share harrowing allegations of rape in Canberra youth detention
By Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondent
Exclusive: Four men outline similar encounters at the hands of guard Brett ‘Chicken’ Dennis. Scores of former detainees say the ACT should have done more to protect them
#Youthjustice #Prisons #IndigenousAustralians #Indigenousincarceration #Australianews #Canberra #Youngpeople #Rapeandsexualassault #Drugs #Mentalhealth #Australianlaw #Royalcommissionintoinstitutionalresponsestochildsexualabuse #CrimeAustralia #AustralianCapitalTerritoryACT #Children #TheGuardian #SarahCollardIndigenousaffairscorrespondent
Queensland ombudsman backs away from calls to close youth prison so ‘unsuitable’ some children self-harm to get transferred
By Ben Smee
Inmate advocacy group attacks watchdog’s ‘gutless retreat’ on Wacol youth remand centre
#Queensland #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Youthjustice #Queenslandpolitics #Youngpeople #IndigenousAustralians #Indigenousincarceration #Mentalhealth #TheGuardian #BenSmee
Queensland ombudsman backs away from calls to close youth prison so ‘unsuitable’ some children self-harm to get transferred https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/13/queensland-ombudsman-backs-away-from-calls-to-close-youth-prison-so-unsuitable-some-children-self-harm-to-get-transferred-ntwnfb #Queensland #AustraliaNews #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #YouthJustice #QueenslandPolitics #YoungPeople #IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousIncarceration #MentalHealth
‘I sleep with all my clothes on to protect my privacy’: a glimpse into life inside a child prison in France
By Alexandre Bagdassarian
Photographer Alexandre Bagdassarian spent eight months following the daily lives of children in a prison system criticised for the long time spent in cells
#Prisons #France #Children #Drugstrade #Europe #Society #Youthjustice #Childrights #Solitaryconfinement #Youngpeople #Photography #Globaldevelopment #TheGuardian #AlexandreBagdassarian
Boy, 16, held in ‘cramped’ prison cell alone for 22 hours a day for weeks, Victorian ombudsman finds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/25/boy-16-held-in-cramped-prison-cell-for-22-hours-a-day-for-weeks-victorian-ombudsman-finds-ntwnfb #Victoria #AustraliaNews #Prisons #YouthJustice
Boy, 16, held in ‘cramped’ prison cell alone for 22 hours a day for weeks, Victorian ombudsman finds
By Benita Kolovos and Bertin Huynh
Ombudsman finds government breached teen’s human rights, saying the conditions ‘bordered on solitary confinement’
#Victoria #Australianews #Prisons #Youthjustice #TheGuardian #BenitaKolovos #BertinHuynh
Parents could lose benefits or face prison for child's crimes, minister says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6lye7200g7vo
#BBC
#News
#Crime
#YouthJustice
#YoungPeople
#ParentFines
#Support
Surely this needs to be backed up with proper incentives and proper support to help ALL young people steer on to the right path from an early age. We are failing a whole generation, as we seem to lack the ability to think in a joined up, coordinated way.
Parents in England and Wales could be fined or jailed for child’s crimes, minister says https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/19/parents-in-england-and-wales-could-be-fined-or-jailed-for-childs-crimes-minister-says #YouthJustice #Crime #UkCriminalJustice #YoungPeople #Law #UkNews #Society #Benefits
Parents in England and Wales could be fined or jailed for child’s crimes, minister says
By Daniel Lavelle
Jake Richards says changes would be part of ‘carrot-and-stick’ approach to try to turn around young offenders
#Youthjustice #Crime #UKcriminaljustice #Youngpeople #Law #UKnews #Society #Benefits #TheGuardian #DanielLavelle
Liberals and Greens call for the age of criminal responsibility to be lifted in wake of youth justice report
By Nino Bucci
Incorrect media reporting is leading to inconsistent treatment of children across states and territories, the report found
Circuit Breaker Sentencing bill passes in Queensland, youth justice camps to be rolled out this year
Controversial youth justice camps are set to be rolled out in Queensland later this year, diverting up to…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #bootcamps #circuitbreakersentencing #juvenilejustice #lauragerber #lnp #LNPgovernment #qldparliament #qldpolitics #queenslandgovernment #youthcrime #youthjustice
https://www.europesays.com/australia/98766/
Queensland breach bail, go to jail laws face heavy criticism in parliament submissions
Proposed bail overhauls will expose more children to inhumane conditions, increase pressure on jails and courts, worsen reoffending…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #BreachBailGotoJail #breachbaillaws #debfrecklington #debbiekilroy #katherinehayes #lnp #lnpqueensland #Queenslandcrime #queenslandgovernment #sistersinside #youthcrime #youthjustice
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94225/
Man charged with sexual abuse of children linked to former Adelaide youth detention centre
By Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondent
Police allege the 78-year-old sexually abused 29 children connected to the now closed Magill training centre between 1978 and 2003
#SouthAustralia #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #Youthjustice #TheGuardian #SarahCollardIndigenousaffairscorrespondent
A year after a deadly attack on two boys, Melbourne’s South Sudanese community remains in fear
By Adeshola Ore, Nino Bucci and Benita Kolovos
Victim’s father says community ‘struggling a lot’ as Victorian government yet to release report delivered eight months ago by expert group
#Melbourne #SouthSudan #Victoria #CrimeAustralia #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Australianews #Youthjustice #TheGuardian #AdesholaOre #NinoBucci #BenitaKolovos
Queensland concedes law imposing mandatory jail on some offenders as young as 10 breaches human rights
By Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent
State government says ‘breach bail, go to jail’ laws raise risk of overcrowding in jails, while one expert warns they may lead to ‘cruel outcomes’
#Queensland #CrimeAustralia #Australianews #DavidCrisafulli #Youthjustice #TheGuardian #BenSmeeQueenslandstatecorrespondent
The inability to deliver the changes Indigenous Australians need is no longer just a moral failure but a civilisational one | Noel Pearson
By Noel Pearson
After the rejection of the voice, the conversation about structural reform of the federal arrangements governing Aboriginal affairs must resume
#Garmafestival #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #RuralandregionalAustralia #NoelPearson #Ulurustatementfromtheheart #Australianpolitics #Queensland #Queenslandpolitics #Domesticviolence #Alcoholism #Drugs #Gambling #Childprotection #Youthjustice #Health #Australianeducation #Indigenousincarceration #Alcohol #Children #Socialcare #Youngpeople #TheGuardian #NoelPearson
I’ve seen first-hand how to divert children away from lives of crime | Letter
By Guardian Staff
In the 1980s, I was director of the Northampton juvenile liaison bureau, which became a model nationwide, writes Jim Crook
#Youthjustice #UKcriminaljustice #Law #Society #Youngpeople #Children #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
Youth justice ‘circuit breaker’ draws parallels to Newman-era boot camps
Comparisons have been drawn between the Queensland government’s latest youth justice crackdown and Campbell Newman-era boot camps, which…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #campbellnewman #QLD #Queensland #StatePolitics #youthjustice
https://www.europesays.com/australia/52910/
Youth offenders face mandatory jail time for breaching bail under expanded ‘adult crime, adult time’ policy
Youth offenders who commit serious crimes while on bail will face mandatory jail time, as the Queensland government…
#Australia #adultcrimeadulttime #AU #Austrlia #bail #crime #davidcrisafulli #government #jail #lnp #premier #Queensland #youthjustice
https://www.europesays.com/australia/44497/
Europe’s ‘murder capital’ slashed violent crime with a radical program. Will it work in Victoria?
By Stephanie Convery
An early intervention program<strong> </strong>developed in Scotland is showing promising signs – but in an election year full of punitive rhetoric, its future is uncertain
#Victorianpolitics #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Victoria #CrimeAustralia #Australianews #Youthjustice #Glasgow #Scotland #Children #Youngpeople #StephanieConvery
Decision not to jail two teenagers for rape was wrong, court of appeal rules https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/02/decision-not-to-jail-three-teenagers-for-was-wrong-court-of-appeal-rules #UkNews #RapeAndSexualAssault #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #UkCriminalJustice #YouthJustice #Society #Law #YoungPeople #Hampshire
Prosecutors allege Brisbane teen planned attack on the Liberal Party
The trial of a private schoolboy who allegedly planned to carry out an attack on the Liberal Party…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Brisbane #chemical #explosives #plannedattack #Qld #Queensland #teen #terrorplot #TopNews #TopStories #youthjustice
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/738175/
Survivors React to Lenient Sentencing in Hampshire Rape Case
Survivors react with shock as three teenage boys convicted of rape in Hampshire receive youth rehabilitation orders instead of prison sentences.
#HampshireRape, #YouthJustice, #RapeSurvivor, #CourtDecision, #JusticeSystem
https://newsletter.tf/hampshire-rape-case-no-prison-for-teens/
Three teenage boys convicted of 11 rape charges in Hampshire will not go to prison, receiving youth rehabilitation orders instead. This is a different outcome than many survivors expected.
#HampshireRape, #YouthJustice, #RapeSurvivor, #CourtDecision, #JusticeSystem
https://newsletter.tf/hampshire-rape-case-no-prison-for-teens/
Welsh Government Assumes Partial Control Over Youth Justice
The Welsh government now controls some youth justice money. This change helps young people stay out of jail. Find out what this means for Wales today.
#walesnews, #youthjustice, #welshgovernment, #cardiff, #ukpolitics
https://newsletter.tf/welsh-government-youth-justice-control-2026/
The Welsh government has received new funding powers for youth crime prevention. This is a big step compared to the old system where only the UK government was in charge.
#walesnews, #youthjustice, #welshgovernment, #cardiff, #ukpolitics
https://newsletter.tf/welsh-government-youth-justice-control-2026/
NT laws to allow police to hold young people for 48 hours will be ‘funnelling Aboriginal children into prisons’, advocates warn https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/19/nt-northern-territory-laws-hold-young-people-48-hours-aboriginal-indigenous-children-prisons-ntwnfb #IndigenousAustralians #AustraliaNews #NorthernTerritory #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #YouthJustice #ChildProtection
THE NIGHT'S EMBERS: STOLEN CARS AND YOUTH CHARGES SCATTERED ACROSS CONTINENTS
Young people in Alberta, Australia, and the US face charges for incidents involving stolen cars, including dangerous driving and fatal crashes.
#StolenCars, #TeenDrivers, #AlbertaCrime, #ChicagoTragedy, #YouthJustice
https://newsletter.tf/teens-charged-stolen-cars-alberta-australia-us/
Incidents involving stolen cars and young drivers have been reported in Alberta, Australia, and the US. In Chicago, a crash involving a stolen car led to a fatality.
#StolenCars, #TeenDrivers, #AlbertaCrime, #ChicagoTragedy, #YouthJustice
https://newsletter.tf/teens-charged-stolen-cars-alberta-australia-us/
Northern Territory Government Reintroduces Spit Hoods on Children Amidst Widespread Condemnation
Northern Territory government brings back spit hoods for children in youth detention, reversing an 8-year ban. Human rights groups and experts condemn the move.
#NTS spitHoods #YouthJustice #HumanRights #ChildrensRights #DonDale
https://newsletter.tf/nt-government-reintroduces-spit-hoods-on-children/
The Northern Territory is the only Australian state bringing back spit hoods for children, a practice banned for nearly 8 years. This is a major reversal of policy.
#NTS spitHoods #YouthJustice #HumanRights #ChildrensRights #DonDale
https://newsletter.tf/nt-government-reintroduces-spit-hoods-on-children/
Teen Faces Second-Degree Murder Charge in Star Blanket Cree Nation Homicide
A young person faces a second-degree murder charge after a death on Star Blanket Cree Nation early Wednesday, February 19, 2026. Police are investigating.
#StarBlanketCreeNation, #SaskatchewanHomicide, #RCMPInvestigates, #YouthJustice, #FortQuAppelle
https://newsletter.tf/teen-charged-second-degree-murder-star-blanket-cree-nation-february-19-2026/
A teenager is now charged with murder after a death on Star Blanket Cree Nation. This is the first murder charge on the nation this year.
#StarBlanketCreeNation, #SaskatchewanHomicide, #RCMPInvestigates, #YouthJustice, #FortQuAppelle
https://newsletter.tf/teen-charged-second-degree-murder-star-blanket-cree-nation-february-19-2026/
In the youth justice space, "prison health is public health." But Dr Hayley Passmore’s research shows we have a massive hurdle to clear first: basic awareness.
Her survey found:
⚠️ 20% of youth justice workers hadn't heard of Autism
⚠️ 22% hadn't heard of FASD
These frontline professionals are working with neurodivergent populations daily. They deserve the skills and information to support these young people effectively.
Watch, listen, or read the full episode: https://steampoweredshow.com/shows/hayley-passmore
#YouthJustice #Neurodiversity #PublicHealth #JusticeReform #ResearchInsight
Cleveland Dodd’s care in Unit 18 ‘inhumane’, coroner examining youth detention death finds
Western Australia’s first recorded death in youth detention was preventable and the notorious facility where he died should…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #banksiahill #clevelanddodd #clevelanddoddinquest #Coroner #deathincustody #inquest #nadenedodd #perthnews #unit18 #wanews #wapolitics #wapols #youthdetention #youthjustice
https://www.newsbeep.com/296402/
The justice system is part of community health with more overlap than one might expect. So just as we've done with healthcare, how can we shift our approach in justice settings to be more preventative and proactive rather than reactive? It starts with support. Not only for the justice-involved, but for those providing support on the front-line as well.
Dr Hayley Passmore is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Western Australia Law School and a justice health researcher. Join us as we speak about Hayley's journey to justice health, reframing how we support youth and neurodisability in our communities, and how these human-centred approaches create better outcomes for everyone.
Watch or listen on your favourite platform: https://steampoweredshow.com/shows/hayley-passmore
Full transcript available.
#PublicHealth #JusticeHealth #YouthJustice #neurodisability #podcast #WomenInSTEM #WomenInSTEAM
Ombudsman delivers youth offending warning to Victorian government in extraordinary intervention
Victoria’s prison watchdog has made an extraordinary intervention into Premier Jacinta Allan’s crime crackdown, warning it leads to…
#NewsBeep #News #Australia #AdultCrime #AdultTime #AdultTimeforViolentCrime #AU #communitysafety #JacintaAllan #marlobaragwanath #ombudsman #Prison #victorianombudsman #youthcrime #youthdetention #youthjustice #youthoffending
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/283114/
When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong.
I knew he was running away from something. It wasn’t until many years later that I discovered the truth.
#Nottingham #Homelessness #Health #YoungPeople #CriminalJustice #Drugs #Law #SexualAbuse #Society #Crime #YouthJustice #MentalHealth #ChildAbuse #UK
Locked Up Living Steve Chalke (video); The incredible development of Oasis with homelessness, education and youth justice.: In this conversation, Steve Chalke discusses the ethos and values of Oasis, (not the pop group) the organization he founded to alleviate poverty and support marginalized communities. He shares his personal journey, the challenges he faced, and the vision behind Oasis,… https://lockedupliving.podbean.com/e/steve-chalke-video-the-incredible-development-of-oasis-with-homelessness-education-and-youth-justice/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon @lockedupliving #Oasis #YouthJustice #Homelessness #Education #Inclusion
Locked Up Living Steve Chalke (audio) Steve Chalke (video); The incredible development of Oasis with homelessness, education and youth justice: In this conversation, Steve Chalke discusses the ethos and values of Oasis, (not the pop group) the organization he founded to alleviate poverty and support marginalized communities. He shares his personal journey, the challenges he faced, and the vision… https://lockedupliving.podbean.com/e/steve-chalke-audio/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon @lockedupliving #SteveChalke #Oasis #YouthJustice #Homelessness #Education