When children are denied bail, they’re often taken to police watch houses. But these don’t have the staff or facilities to keep children safe and well.
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Justice Health, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
In our new study, people told us they’d been fined for leaving home to access drug treatment programs – and still couldn’t afford to pay, years later.
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