Urgent call to ACT Government - Raise the age of criminal responsibility

As a collective of service delivery, human rights, legal and representative organisations in the ACT, we are seeking your support and urgent action to raise the age of criminal responsibility in the ACT.

We are concerned about the damaging effects of incarceration on children and young people, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, and the potentially lifelong ramifications of early contact with the criminal legal system.

‘They’re not bad kids’: Submission to the review of the age of criminal responsibility

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