What’s behind the youth crime blame game?

<p>Youth crime has become a national issue once again – front page stories from Queensland, to the Northern Territory, to Western Australia are all raising the alarm that young people in regional towns are making the streets unsafe.</p><p>The WA Premier Mark McGowan said last week: “parents and families need to parent”... and people shouldn’t point the finger at governments.</p><p>But his government’s only youth detention facility, Banksia Hill, has unlawfully locked down children for 23 hours a day, thousands of kilometres from family and friends.</p><p>Today, contributor to <em>The Saturday Paper</em> Jesse Noakes on the children who get caught up in the criminal justice system and what happens when they’re locked away.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Socials: </strong>Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Contributor to <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Jesse Noakes.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>