Friday, 28 January 2022

‘Colonial document’: Victorian justice department reports raise concerns about welfare of Indigenous young people

Independent review into ‘serious problem with systemic racism’ needed to safeguard Aboriginal Victorians, critics say

Internal reports raise significant concerns about how young people from Aboriginal and African backgrounds are being cared for by the Victorian justice department as it struggles to deal with increasingly complex youth offenders.

The reports show police are failing to refer youths to a support program designed to prevent them from offending, while service providers are keeping information on youth offenders in insecure online databases and some youth justice stakeholders fail to appreciate the concerns Aboriginal families have about the justice system.

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