Children being held in adult watch houses for extended periods of time are using mattresses to surround themselves when using the toilet.
Children being held in adult watch houses for extended periods of time are using mattresses to surround themselves when using the toilet, Queensland’s youth detention watchdog has revealed.
Cairns watch house was overcrowded and had no natural light in its cells or common areas, while at Murgon there was no access to fresh air, the report said.“In the Cairns watch house, we saw children using their mattresses to surround themselves in an attempt to get privacy when using the toilet,” the report says.During the inspection, 10 of the 11 children held in Cairns were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
The inspector identified one young person effectively being held in isolation for 12 days because they were the only child at the facility.
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