1/Imprisoning 10yrs olds risks sig damage. Namely, they learn not 2 rely on close attachments 4 their emotional needs before they have developed fully as adults. Secure attachment bonds with families r strongly linked 2 mental health outcome. #RaiseTheAge

2/Children thrive based on their worlds being predictable-that the love of primary attachments r there in a predictable & consistent way. Lose that at such a young age & evidence suggests its almost impossible 2 recover from this loss. #RaiseTheAge

3/How a child reconciles & makes sense of this loss is often tied in with developmental stage. This occurs by blaming others or internalising blame. Either way the results r u develop in children the idea that u cannot rely on anyone 2 consistently love or support u #RaiseTheAge

4/Or children develop a sense of ‘self-loathing’ – which is again, often consistent with the personality variables of those who have ‘nothing to lose’ and therefore fail to fear anything anymore, including prison #RaiseTheAge