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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

NSW police say they will keep locking up young offenders but advocates say approach is ‘draconian’

Police undertaking Operation Regional Mongoose in Moree.
Police undertaking Operation Regional Mongoose in Moree. Photograph: NSW Police

New South Wales police have said they intend to keep locking up young offenders and “holding them to account” as part of their youth crime crackdown.

But the Aboriginal Legal Service has called the approach a “draconian measure”, and argues that it will make the problem worse.

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