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Top Stories Tamfitronics Key posts1 of 1Amnesty slams premier over ‘adult crime, adult time’ policyBy Marissa CalligerosAmnesty International Australia is calling on the new Queensland LNP government to urgently rethink its tough “adult crime, adult time” policy.The group says the policy flies in the face of expert evidence about addressing youth crime and risks contravening the Convention on the Rights of the Child.Amnesty International Indigenous rights campaigner Kacey Teerman cites findings from Victoria’s Inquiry into Youth Detention Centres, the disability royal commission and the recent Help Way Earlier! report from the National Children’s Commissioner that show jailing children exacerbates the impacts of trauma and alienation that can lead to offending.“We call on Premier David Crisafuli to explain why he thinks he knows better than every expert in this field who say that imprisoning children only...