00:00Stolen Generation survivor and Arundel community leader, William Tillmouth, says transporting
00:08children 1,500 kilometres from home is a repeat of past injustices.
00:13Instead of getting in and supporting the families, they're taking them away.
00:18And as I said earlier, it's remnants of the stolen generation and the assimilation process.
00:25The anti-government announced last month it would transfer young people from a detention
00:29centre in Alice Springs to the new Darwin Youth Prison, part of a reshuffle to relieve
00:35record levels of overcrowding across the territory's prison system.
00:40Youth advocates say it'll only worsen the cycle of crime.
00:44You're putting these kids in places where they're going to learn how to steal better
00:49and commit bigger crimes.
00:51You're not helping them.
00:53You're actually helping them be a better criminal, if anything.
00:56The jails will be full because of it.
00:59There will be a lot of angry kids and they grow up to be angry adults.
01:03The government should actually support those families in those remote communities, in those
01:08town camps, the way they should have done years ago.
01:12The territory's peak Aboriginal Medical Alliance is also calling for a halt to the relocation,
01:18saying it will separate young people from their communities and essential support and
01:23cause them further harm.
01:25In a statement, the Northern Territory Government defended the plan, saying it will create additional
01:30beds for adults in prison and allow women to be detained in separate prisons to men.
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