
Rocket Bretherton
@renaerocket
advocate for change within the legal system. lived experience 🖤💛❤️ 🏳️🌈#Darwinprisonneedschangenow #defundpolice, storyteller birdseyeview podcast
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27-06-2019 02:44:12
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Behind the rolls of razor wire in a defunct adult prison, known as #DonDale youth detention centre, sits a teenage boy with profound cognitive disability. He has served concurrent sentences for years, with little access to disablity supports. amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.thegua…

“When are we going to stop incarcerating disability and criminalising children for what is a health condition?" Jailing is failing. There is a better way - for children, for communities, for governments and taxpayers. Story via (A)manda Parkinson loom.ly/CBRj_t4

.(A)manda Parkinson has once again captured how cruel and unforgiving the 'justice' system is for Indigenous kids in the NT. These children - many with cognitive disabilities - need help. Instead we lock them up behind razor wire. #AusPol #DonDale Change the Record Office of the Children's Commisioner - NT





#Breaking The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls #mediarelease URGENT CONDEMNATION: QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT’S SUSPENSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACT TO TURN WATCH HOUSES INTO PRISONS ABC News Eden Gillespie Matt Dennien





Brilliant work by (A)manda Parkinson who broke this story on ABC Darwin radio yesterday. It's devastating to see this place - a home of land rights - allegedly destroyed. #WaveHill walk off is a story for the ages and must be preserved. #Indigenous #AusPol abc.net.au/news/2024-01-3…



