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Senior officer calls for help providing basic necessities to juvenile inmates, including food and toilet paper

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[-] TinyBreak@aussie.zone -4 points 8 months ago

“When in custody in Cairns, young people are visited by organizations and government agencies to ensure their welfare needs are met,” the statement said.

I mean, sure. We dont want 'em to die. But I'm tipping the people of Cairns who've suffered home invasions or cars stolen or had knives pulled on them probs don't care if they are not getting the 5 star treatment. You get fed, you can go to the bathroom and you get limited exercise: That should be absolutely it. Dont like it? Maybe dont break the fucking law over and over again.

[-] Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 12 points 8 months ago

Human rights apply to everyone regardless of whether they engage in crime.

[-] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 points 8 months ago

Of course they do! Do you not see my comment saying fed bathroom and exercise? No one is disagreeing with that. But the situation isnt getting any better, so what do we do here? you either need to have government overstep into peoples lives to ensure these kids are raised properly (Which of course, isn't palatable) or you make consequences actually stick (which no one seems to want either). So what, we stay the course? Accept its cool for teenagers to break into peoples homes at 3am, steal a car and go joy riding? Someone's gonna get killed. Hell, someone just was in victoria!

[-] billytheid@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago

But the situation isnt getting any better, so what do we do here?

maybe we look at addressing the systemic problems we face due to a legacy of slavery and colonialism? We've literally only tried the punitive approach; it's maybe time for Australia to get its fucking act together

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