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Episode: The national shame of locking up 10 year olds
Description: Australia likes to present itself as a defender of human rights. But right now, on the world stage, that reputation is being seriously questioned. Dozens of countries have called on Australia to stop locking up children, some as young as ten, and to confront the fact that Indigenous kids make up the overwhelming majority of those behind bars. For a nation that claims moral leadership on human rights, the scrutiny now facing Australia is deeply shameful and impossible to ignore. The tough-on-crime agendas of several state and territory governments risk undermining Australia’s reputation when it c...