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HREOC: Programs Diverting Young Indigenous From Jail

November 24th 2008 19:18
Federal Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma, has released a new report which calls for the 'skilling up' of existing services that work with Indigenous young people with cognitive or mental health issues, in an effort to halt their slide into the juvenile justice system. The report is from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC).

Releasing the report, Preventing crime and promoting rights for Indigenous young people with cognitive disabilities and mental health issues, Commissioner Calma outlined the disturbing fact that Indigenous young people in juvenile justice were at least four times more likely to have an intellectual disability than the general population.

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