Greens WA MP Alison Xamon has urged the State Government to abandon plans for Prohibited Behaviour Orders, which are likely to be debated in the Legislative Council this week.
PBOs, applied by a prosecuting authority on top of a sentence, can have the effect of criminalising normal behaviour for the person subject to the order, such as catching public transport – and could be used against people as young as 16.
Ms Xamon said PBOs are based directly on the Anti-Social Behaviour Orders that failed spectacularly in the UK to reduce crime.
