January 2022 looms as the target date but Western Australia is the only state or territory to have established monitoring mechanism
Australia could miss an international deadline to introduce new safeguards against torture and abuse in jails, human rights advocates have warned.
The Australian government four years ago ratified a treaty to bring all its detention sites – including juvenile justice centres such as Don Dale and onshore immigration detention centres – under independent scrutiny to stop abuses.
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