Everyone knows that children do best when they are supported, nurtured and loved.
But across Australia, children as young as 10 can be arrested by police, charged with an offence, hauled before a court and locked away in a prison.
It’s time for the federal, state and territory governments to do what’s right and change the laws to raise the age, so children 10-13 years are not sent to prison.
Children belong in classrooms and playgrounds, not in handcuffs, courtrooms or prison cells.