Not caging children under 14 is the bare minimum we can do to not torture kids

‘It is unconscionable to tear children from their families and lock them away in cages,’ writes Sophie Trevitt. Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian

It is deeply distressing that on the one hand I, a 30-year-old white woman cancer patient, receive cards from strangers in the mail wishing me well and a speedy recovery while my former clients – 10-to-14-year-old Aboriginal children who have been mucking about – receive death threats online despite seriously needing our help.

We are all humans worthy of love and care.