Australia must end solitary confinement of children, UN committee against torture says

Don Dale youth detention centre in Darwin, one of three youth detention centres highlighted by the UN inspectors as being of serious concern for keeping children in solitary confinement. Photograph: Isabella Moore/The Guardian

The UN committee against torture has called for Australia to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility and immediately end the practice of solitary confinement for children.

The committee highlighted Don Dale youth detention centre in the Northern Territory, Ashley youth detention centre in Tasmania and Banksia Hill youth detention centre in Western Australia as being of serious concern for their practice of keeping children in solitary confinement.