CRA Calls for Federal Government Reform of the Youth Justice System
Catholic Religious Australia (CRA), of which Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation is a member,has called on the Federal Government to lead a nationally coordinated reform of the youth justice system, in a recent letter to the Prime Minister and Minister for Indigenous Australians.
Date Posted:
16-Aug-2025
In its letter, CRA expressed grave concerns about the state of the youth justice system in the Northern Territory, following the Inquest findings of Territory Coroner Elisabeth Armitage into the death of Kumanjayi Walker, a First Nation’s youth in custody. The Coroner found that the Northern Territory Police Force bears “significant hallmarks of institutional racism” and that “racist attitudes may have influenced” the “failure to take adequate steps to minimise the risk of a fatal interaction” with Kumanjayi Walker...
Read the letter in full here