Youthlaw’s submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system.

The government recently announced that there will be an inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system.

As an issue which impacts many of the young people that we assist.

We prepared a submission for the Committee to consider which covers the impacts of recent changes we’ve seen (both positive and negative), issues we see on the ground, and our asks of the Committee.

Please see a full copy of our submission here.