Yet programs are proven, just in other countries. Increase the age of detention and that might save enough to move that money to support and diversion. If they actually thought about it, that would be a positive promise to put in an election campaign, but they probably couldn't see that, because these kids are nothing other than a nuisance to them, so why would they envision anyone else felt any different?
So if it's taken us a couple of hundred years to increase to a minimum age of 10, we might have another 100 to get to 11.
RE: Why Does Australia Have Children as Young as 10 in its Prison System?