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National
Kat Wong

'Warning flare' for high Indigenous kids' jail rates

The nation's high rate of incarcerating First Nations children has drawn passionate protests. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

First Nations children are being locked up at alarming rates, as legal experts say Australians are being sold a "false choice" on community safety.

State governments across the country have pursued policies that are driving the mass incarceration of First Nations people, according to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service.

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