What happens when a 10 year-old is charged with a crime and given a sentence behind bars?

Source: SBS
In almost all Australian states and territories, children as young as ten can be charged with a crime and given a sentence behind bars. Indigenous children make up two thirds of those between the ages of 10 and 13 who are behind bars. SBS News has spoken to an Aboriginal boy from Western Australian who was locked away when he was just ten years old, to understand how that experience shaped his life thereafter.
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