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    Indigenous Kids Behind Bars Are 'A New Lost Generation'

    Elders in the Kimberley region of Western Australia are in despair and say they're losing a generation of young people to life behind bars.

    It's a common story across the Kimberley, Indigenous elders desperately trying to save a generation of young people people from an endless spiral of crime and incarceration.

    "There’s a lot of black kids in there [juvenile detention]. You see a lot of new black kids come in there everyday" – Sidney Griffith, Kununurra man.

    Sidney's story is not an uncommon one.

    "They get disconnected from culture completely. You talk about lost generations. They are heading in that direction again" – elder Ben Ward.

    Nationally, Indigenous youth make up more than half of the juvenile prison population, despite only representing five percent of the 10-17-year-old population.