PM summit urged to stop Indigenous kids being locked up

The government is being urged to keep kids out of facilities such as this youth prison in Darwin. ((A)manda Parkinson/AAP PHOTOS)

The prime minister has been urged to show leadership and put an end to the mass incarceration of Indigenous children across Australia.

First Nations youth justice has again come under the spotlight with Anthony Albanese under fire and an Indigenous independent MP sensationally resigning over a territory government's "dehumanising" laws.