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Mibenge Nsenduluka

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Criminal age in focus at vic truth inquiry - The Untold Story

More needs to be done to ensure Indigenous children aren't locked up, Aunty Geraldine Atkinson said. (Morgan Hancock/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A silly mistake at age 10 can have devastating and often permanent consequences for Aboriginal kids but raising the criminal age of responsibility could help save lives, experts say.

When Bangerang and Wiradjuri elder Aunty Geraldine Atkinson was in year 6, her 10-year-old brother was taken into police custody on suspicion of minor theft.

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