The Impact Of Grown-Up In Adult Prisons
In 1992 when the Adolescent Equity Act was passed by Parliament, the State Government said: "It is the goal of this Administration, as it was of the past Government, to manage 17-year old kids inside the adolescent framework, as opposed to the grown-up framework. We don't want such youngsters being presented to the impacts of grown-ups in Adult prisons, in this way expanding their chances of staying in the framework and being repeat offenders. This change will happen at a proper time later on." The reasons referred by the Administration conveying its desire to stop overseeing 17 year olds in the adult system up until now appear to be exact today. Eighteen is the season of full grown-up duty, in Queensland and all through Australia, yet 17