Shannon Meilak - AdvocateOriginal toot date: 23 February, 2023
"Here is me at 14 years old. Children as young as 10 can be jailed in the state of Victoria. Children belong at home, in community and in school. Children who are arrested before the age of 14, are three times more likely to be criminalised as adults.
We must #RaiseTheAge of criminal responsibility from 10 to at least 14."
Help me spread the word! Ensure #DanAndrews commits to raising the age to 14.
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Help me spread the word! Ensure Daniel Andrews commits to raising the age to 14!
Daniel Andrews has made his strongest indication yet that Victoria will abandon a national process to raise the age of criminal responsibility and go it alone. The fight isn’t over yet… We must raise the age to at least 14 years old. Research shows that at this age, children’s brains are still developing, and they are not able to understand the consequences of their behaviour. Locking up young kids robs them of a childhood and isolates them from society and their community during crucial years of development. Incarceration is not rehabilitation. Prison is a harmful not helpful response to problematic behavior, ripping very young children out of their families, communities and school which leads to further significant trauma to the child, their family and communities. Let's call on Daniel Andrews to raise the age to 14!
Shannon Meilak - Activist