Children belong in classrooms and playgrounds, not in handcuffs, courtrooms or prison cells.Join the call to #RaiseTheAge of criminal responsibility from 10 to at least 14 - add your name to the petition.This petition is being managed by the Human Rights Law Centre. Sign the petition to #RaiseTheAge to 14. Anglicare Australia joins Raise the Age campaign – and calls for action on child imprisonment News Anglicare Australia has said that Attorneys-General across Australia missed a major opportunity this week to keep children safe and out of prison: “Children belong in classrooms and playgrounds – not in handcuffs or prison cells. Raise the Age is a campaign that supports raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 for youth throughout the country to improve outcomes both for them and public safety. Charis Chang @CharisChang2 Australia is putting kids as young as 10 behind bars. Not locked up.We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and live. Making news weekdays with Jenna Clarke. Youth advocates have been lobbying Australian governments to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility Australia's Council of Attorneys-General has asked a working group to look into the issue Just over half of all Australian children imprisoned on any given night are Indigenous

I call on you to immediately and urgently raise the age of criminal responsibility to at least 14 years old.There has been a chorus of calls both nationally and internationally from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, expert United Nations bodies, human rights organisations, medical and legal bodies, and academics for Australia to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility.Children need to be loved and supported so they can reach their full potential. Raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 is a vitally important way to do so.”Statistics show many young people are imprisoned for theft and public order offences.Interaction with the justice system while young means people are likely to be involved with the system again later in life.According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report “If Australian Governments were serious about reducing the number of Aboriginal people being locked away in prisons each year, then they would take the sane and logical step to ensure Aboriginal children are kept out of this cruel, broken system in the first place,” Human Rights Law Centre senior lawyer Shahleena Musk said.“Children need care, love and support so they can reach their full potential. They must stop ignoring the overwhelming evidence that shows putting children in prison causes them harm.“With crowded conditions and a pandemic sweeping the country, there is no time to waste to keep children safe.“The Attorneys-General will meet again in August. It’s time to Raise the Age. We can’t miss another opportunity to make this change.” The age of criminal responsibility in every Australian state and territory 10 years old. An online campaign to raise the age of criminal responsibility is gathering pace with social media flooded by high-profile activists and celebrities demanding an end to kids in cuffs. In Australia, children as young as 10 can be arrested, brought before a judge and sent to prison. It has seen a 38 per cent reduction in charges across the top five juvenile offence categories, among other benefits.“Locking children up can cause them lifelong harm. Australia: Stop locking up 10 years olds in prison. His treatment sparked a Royal Commission into the detention of children in the Northern Territory in 2016.The campaign is being supported by the Human Rights Law Centre, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, Law Council of Australia, Change the Record, Amnesty International Australia, Australian Medical Association, Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Public Health Association of Australia.The group is calling for all states, territories and the Commonwealth government to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 so that those who are younger can’t be arrested, summoned or found guilty of a criminal offence.“Criminalising the behaviour of children as young as 10 might in itself be considered a systemic crime.

If your organisation is working on this issue you can fill out this form to request to join the national Raise the Age alliance. 17 December 2019.

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