Monday, August 10, 2015

Western Australia: Stop WA’s mandatory sentencing for kids - ONLINE ACTION

Amnesty International Australia
6/11/2015
     Update 11/6/15: More than 20,000 people have emailed WA's Government, asking them to scrap mandatory sentencing for kids. We’ve caught the government’s attention; now we need to escalate this. Will you send a message higher up the chain -- to WA’s Attorney General Michael Mischin -- and ask him to scrap mandatory sentences for kids?
      Western Australia (WA) locks up Indigenous young people at the highest rate in Australia.
Despite this, the WA Government hopes to pass a 'Home Burglary Bill' which, if successful, will send more young people between the ages of 16 and 17 to prison, and won't reduce burglaries.

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