The new Country Liberal Party government of Australia's Northern Territory (NT), which was elected in August, has lowered the minimum jailing age back to 10.
The move comes after the previous Liberal government, which lost to the Country Liberal Party in the August election, had raised the age from 10 to 12.
As young Indigenous children around Australia continue to face inhumane jailing policies, politicians still seem determined to go against the evidence and keep inhumane criminal justice laws in place. Indigenous communities have proven that their separate justice programs work well, but they can't implement them if the government keeps putting their children in jail.
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