Stop locking up Aussie kids, pleads Amnesty

Chris McLennan
Updated August 28 2018 - 3:16pm, first published 3:00pm
Larrakia elder Jeanneen McLennan pleads for children to be allowed to be children rather than locked inside facilities like Don Dale in Darwin.
Larrakia elder Jeanneen McLennan pleads for children to be allowed to be children rather than locked inside facilities like Don Dale in Darwin.

A fresh bid to end the jailing of 10-year-old Australian children took place in the shadow of one of the most notorious children’s prisons in the country today.

Chris McLennan

Chris McLennan

National Rural Property Writer

ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.