Good afternoon. Pressure is mounting on state and federal governments to act on disturbing reports of the treatment of children in youth detention facilities.
Children in South Australia are self-harming just so they can get a break from their cell, where they’re being held for up to 23 hours a day. And in Queensland, at least one child has been kept in solitary confinement for more than 500 days. The shocking revelations have prompted the Australian children’s commissioner to call on governments to ban solitary confinement for youth detainees.
