There is a vast wealth of wisdom and knowledge about the solutions to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Youth incarceration, the best of it coming from
Indigenous peoples and organisations.
While it is clearly critical that abusive individuals and systems in the NT are held to account, there are suggestions it will be a missed opportunity if the Royal Commission does not examine some of the wider issues, including the need to prevent and reduce
incarceration of
Indigenous youth in the first place.