As Penny Wright’s term draws to a close, she reflects on the last five years as Guardian and Training Centre Visitor and the privilege it has been to work with the children and young people along the way.
A safer, more inclusive society for children and young people in care and detention, that honours their voices and respects their rights. That is the vision that leads our new strategic plan.
A new report from the Australian Human Rights Commission shares the voices of hundreds of children and young people (including those in care and youth detention), and their families across Australia, about what they need to be safe and well, and what makes it hard to get help when they need it.
Amid concerns that the NT police continue to use spits hoods and other restraints on children and young people in custody, we note that SA has reason to be both proud and sorry about our progress in dealing with children who fall foul of the law.
Nadia Baldassi-Winderlich has just joined our team to help provide advocacy and support to the children and young people detained in the Kurlana Tapa Youth Justice Centre.
We are excited to announce that our Principal Training Centre Advocate, Dr Simone Deegan, has been awarded the New Scholar Prize by the Australian and New Zealand Society for Criminology.
The number of children and young people being arrested and detained in police cells is ringing alarm bells and highlights the significant gap in oversight of places of detention for young people outside the youth justice centre.
Mental health, access to education and lack of cultural support are just some of the key issues raised in the latest Training Centre Visitor Annual Report about children and young people detained in SA’s youth justice centre.
As our latest law intern leaves our office, Kellie Elmes reflects on her time spent with the Training Centre Visitor Unit.
South Australia’s highly stressed child protection system is contributing to the ‘criminalisation’ of children and young people in care, a new interim report from the Office of the Guardian has found.
We acknowledge and respect Aboriginal People as the traditional owners
and custodians of the land we live and work on, their living culture and their unique role in the life of South Australia.