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National
Savannah Meacham

Battle lines drawn on controversial youth crime laws

Child offenders face life sentences for the most serious crimes under tough new Queensland laws. (HANDOUT/QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE)

Being locked up as a 13-year-old for skipping school negatively altered the trajectory of her life, Debbie Kilroy believes.

"After I was put in that children's prison and the harm it inflicted on me, it was a downward spiral," she tells AAP.

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