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Will Nicholas

Youth justice experts decry kids' medieval punishments

Experts allege Australia is violating international law regarding children being detained. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

Kids as young as 10 are routinely being tortured in Australian youth detention centres, according to rights advocates, as governments pursue more draconian punishments for young offenders.

Flagrant violations of international law, a fraying social safety net and medieval attitudes towards justice were blasted at a Senate inquiry into youth incarceration on Friday.

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