End the abuse of young people in NT Detention!

End the abuse of young people in NT Detention!

Started
25 July 2016
Petition to
Hon. Bess Price MLA (Minister for Community Services NT Government) (Minister for Community Services NT Government) and
Petition Closed
This petition had 37,653 supporters

Why this petition matters

Started by Cara Brown

End the brutalisation of children behind bars in the Northern Territory's Youth Correction Facilities. The ABC's Four Corners obtained a "catalogue of evidence showing a pattern of isolation, deprivation, tear gassing and mechanical restraint of children in Northern Territory youth detention centres." In response to the overwhelming evidence of abuse, we call on the Northern Territory Government to:

1. Immediately close down the Don Dale Correctional Facility
2. Undertake a full, independent and public inquiry on the treatment of young people in the youth justice system
3. Immediately remove the Hon. John Elferink MLA from his position in the Cabinet and suspend him from all official duties for all of his portfolios until the Royal Commission has made it's findings.
4. Commit to prosecuting all those who perpetrated violence and contributed to the maltreatment of young people in detention - including those who knew of the abuse and did nothing.
5. Deliver a full, public apology to the victims of your Government's policies and seek to compensate them for the damage they have endured.
6. Devise a genuine and complete overhaul of the justice system in the NT to combat the horrific statistics of indigenous incarceration rates.

 

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Decision makers

  • Hon. Bess Price MLA (Minister for Community Services NT Government)Minister for Community Services NT Government
  • Hon. Adam Giles MLAChief Minister of the Northern Territory
  • PM Malcom Turnbullprime minister of australia