Decolonising youth justice to keep kids out of prison

Indigenous children are 20 times more likely to be incarcerated than other young people. (Lucy Hughes Jones/AAP PHOTOS)

More culturally appropriate programs are needed to keep Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children out of the youth justice system, research has found. 

With First Nations children 20 times more likely to be incarcerated across the country than non-Indigenous young people, University of Queensland School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work PhD candidate Lorelle Holland believes addressing the disparity will take a holistic and 'decolonised' approach.