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Tara Cosoleto

Vic urged to follow UN safeguards in youth prisons

The letter calls for a UN protocol to be implemented so prisons are monitored for rights abuses. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Activists are calling on the Victorian government to implement the United Nations' anti-torture protocol so children in custody are kept safe. 

The Commonwealth government in 2017 signed on to the international convention, which requires independent oversight bodies to inspect all places of detention.

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