Australia is criminalising disabled children and allegedly keeping them in cages in police watch houses, according to Australia's national children's commissioner.
Prisons detaining children are where the most egregious breaches of human rights are occurring in this country, with distressing treatment including isolation in police custody.
Anne Hollonds, the national children's commissioner, is urging for accountability in media reporting on youth crime and calling out politicians for ignoring evidence on dealing with children in the justice system.
Children in Queensland police custody, many disabled, were often left screaming, freezing, and struggling to breathe in isolation cells, revealing shocking treatment.
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