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Closing The Gap

Protestors gathered in front of Parliament House on Wednesday to protest the potential lowering of the criminal age of responsibility in the NT. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

ANALYSISNorthern Territory

Diversion could be stripped back for charges against young offenders

An NT police program could be severely cut back under youth justice changes. See why victims’ advocates and crime prevention experts have to say.

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At the Alice Springs Prison, an unidentified Artist takes a break from working on his much sort after wire Sculptures.

Three per cent of NT Aboriginal population started last week in a prison cell

Three per cent of the NT’s total Aboriginal population started last week in a prison cell, as new figures reveal the impact of rising custody numbers.

St John's Ambulance NT attended Darwin Local Court on Friday February 7 after a 19-year-old man became unwell while in the court cells. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

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Darwin courts overwhelmed by 250pc spike in custody numbers

Experts warn victims of crime, defendants and witnesses are ‘falling through the cracks’ of an overwhelmed court system due to unprecedented rates of in-custody cases in Darwin.

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Justice Not Jails members Sel Appo, left, Thomas Mayo, Natalie Hunter holding a stack of more than 700 signed petitions calling for an independent investigation into the death of Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man who died after being restrained by NT Police at the Alice Springs Coles on Tuesday May 27. Picture: Zizi Averill

Witnesses to Alice Springs death in custody demand independent investigation

More than 700 Territorians have signed a call for an independent investigation into the death in custody of Kumanjayi White.

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Investigation after sleeping babies placed in ‘very dangerous situation’

Territory parents have received ‘insufficient’ warnings about the dangers of co-sleeping, experts warn, as the coroner prepares to open an investigation into the deaths of three babies in Central Australia.

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NT Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby, with Wanguri MLA Oly Carlson and Fannie Bay MLA Laurie Zio. Picture: Fia Walsh.

NT Government won’t step in to restore axed bail service

The Attorney-General has not confirmed if she will take any action after a young girl was held in solitary isolation for 48 hours. See why advocates are calling for a critical bail service to be restored.

Northern Territory

The 200-strong crowd outside Alice Springs Court House joined a Territory-wide day of action in Tuesday calling for domestic violence funding reform.

Anger after second Alice Springs woman allegedly killed in weeks

The Territory’s Domestic Violence minister failed to respond to questions as Alice Springs mourns the loss of the second woman allegedly killed since the start of the year.

Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro, Alcohol Minister Steve Edgington and Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby at Bundilla Beach in Darwin, NT. The CLP will introduce new laws allowing police to arrest and fine nuisance public drinkers in the Northern Territory. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Territorians denied rights amid ‘nightmare’ court chaos

The Territory’s justice system has been compared to the Titanic, as crippling arrest rates exceed police cell, court and corrections capacities.

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Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro and NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy touring the Peter McAulay Centre Berrimah watch house. Picture: Zizi Averill

Chief ‘unapologetic’ over tough bail laws amid prison squeeze

Police have lost a 100-bed facility as Corrections prepares for more Territorians to be stuck inside a cell under tough new bail laws. Click here for a rare tour inside the Top End’s main police watch house.

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Calls for free blood tests for pregnant women after bub’s death

A loving and doting Territory mother was unable to be by her baby boy’s side in his dying days due to ‘fanciful’ and unfair reports by a bureaucratic government agency.

Corrections Commissioner Matthew Varley and Deputy Chief Minister Gerard Maley on Monday December 30. Picture: Zizi Averill

‘Overwhelming pressure’: 2598 Territorians to spend New Years in a cell

The prison boss overseeing one of the most incarcerated places per capita on the planet has warned the Northern Territory is headed for a ‘tough New Year’ as a grim new record is broken.

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Darwin Correctional Precinct general manager David Gordon outside Darwin Local Court following the death in custody inquest for Mati Tamwoy, on Wednesday December 11. Picture: Zizi Averill

NT Prison boss says compassion ‘quashed’ for terminally ill man

The Darwin prison manager has candidly told the Territory coroner, ‘I believe we’ve lost sight of the humanity aspect when we’re dealing with prisoners in most circumstances’.

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Generic Imagery of Palmerston Regional Hospital. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Inquest into Top End toddler’s death

A Territory toddler who died in Palmerston Hospital after suffering flu-like symptoms will be subject to a mandatory death in care inquest.

Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro, Alcohol Minister Steve Edgington and Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby at Bundilla Beach in Darwin, NT. The CLP will introduce new laws allowing police to arrest and fine nuisance public drinkers in the Northern Territory. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

‘On the brink of collapse’: $1m NT Legal Aid boost ‘insufficient’

A decade of ignored warnings about NT Legal Aid’s budget has resulted in the critical service scaling back services, despite a $1m cash injection.

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