This is a picture of @thevalsmob Regional CSO Naomi Murphy when she was about 10, the legal age to be charged & locked up in this country. Naomi says “I had already had a strong & brutal police presence in my homelife witnessing my parents being locked up in front of me images..
I can never unsee. Not long after this pic was taken I too was caught up in the justice system, committing petty crimes. I now know it was intergenerational trauma passed onto me, I was disconnected from my community and culture my identity.
If someone had shown me the way, our way Mob way, maybe things would've turned out differently but i have learnt. Our Boori are sadly disconnected in many ways and offending starts young, I know from personal experience our Boori need healing/culture/education/love.
NOT JAIL!
We need to #RaiseTheAge to at least 14 now and if you want to see all the reasons why check out all reasons at @thevalsmob then go and sign the petition over at the RaiseTheAge website.
The Attorneys-General will vote on this matter next week and if you want positive change on this now is the time to have your voice heard”.
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