Tasmania Has Committed To Raising The Detention Age To 14 In A Big Step For Youth Law Reform

The minimum age of detention in Tasmania is being raised from 10 to 14 as the Tasmanian Government works to reform the state’s Youth Justice System. Tassie’s Minister for Education, Children and Youth Roger Jaensch announced the landmark changes to the justice system in a statement on Wednesday afternoon

THREAD : We welcome Tasmania’s move to raise the minimum age of detention from 10 to 14 as a significant and much-needed step, based on overwhelming evidence that detention is catastrophically harmful for kids. However, we urge Tasmania to show further leadership (cont.) pic.twitter.com/2uWPEUAd0N

— Justice Reform Initiative (@JailingsFailing) June 8, 2022

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