Inhumane treatment of kids in custody won’t make Queenslanders safer. Empathy must triumph over fear | Natalie Lewis

The rights of children and victims of crime are not mutually exclusive. A just outcome repairs harm instead of creating it

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Every Queenslander deserves to be safe and feel respected in their community. We all have a right to live free from violence.

There is no question that community safety is a worthy, necessary and legitimate aim of public policy. But when we talk about community, we need to accept that includes children – all of them.

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