‘They are often victims themselves with complex mental health and emotional needs,’ says justice minister explaining ruling

  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    Burying the lede a little:

    Since January 2022, the average number of girls in custody has been just 11, compared with 42 a decade ago.

    But more importantly, if they can’t provide the services that young female offenders need, they must be entirely missing the 98% of the young offender community that are also in desperate need of support programs.

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      14 hours ago

      Boys don’t have emotions or mental health needs. /s

      This is systemic, institutional sexism in action.