NIT: Legal and community experts warn NSW Opposition bill to put more children in prison will increase crime

An alliance of legal and community experts say a Coalition bill calling for tougher child bail laws will backfire and increase crime.

The organisations – including the NSW/ACT Aboriginal Legal Service, Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW, AbSec – NSW Child, Family and Community Peak Aboriginal Corporation, the First Peoples Disability Network, NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, and the Redfern Legal Centre – warned in a joint statement on Thursday that the Bill will “make communities more dangerous”.