Attorney-General Chansey Paech said the changes would help break the cycle of youth re-offending in the NT.
“The revolving door to our detention centres stops here, the cycle of youth crime stops here,” he said in parliament.
“To make our community safer we must adopt smarter solutions that reduce crime … smart solutions that are proven to break the cycle of reoffending, prevent crime, and keep the community safe.”
NT Chief Minister (the equivalent of a Premier) Natasha Fyles said there was “unavoidable” evidence the younger a child was imprisoned, the more likely they were to re-offend.
“When you sentence a 10 or 11-year-old to prison, you’re not sentencing them to rehabilitation, to a life of better behaviour, to be that upstanding citizen,” she said.
“You are sentencing them to increased behavioural problems and potentially and most likely, the evidence shows us, a life of criminal activity.”
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