Following disturbing media reports of alleged mistreatment of children in Queensland police watch houses, including an investigation by SBS The Feed and Guardian Australia, Queensland police have launched a review into these adult holding facilities. But advocates say it doesn't go far enough.
In the Box: Inside the isolation cells where Australian kids are imprisoned — an investigation by SBS The Feed and Guardian Australia After an increase in complaints and allegations of human rights abuses, police have committed to a review of Queensland's controversial watch house s. But Katherine Hayes, the CEO of youth legal support service Youth Advocacy Centre, says vulnerable children shouldn't be there in the first place.
"A lot of these kids are Child Safety kids, so I feel like Child Safety hasn't protected them in the first place." Queensland's Youth Justice Minister Di Farmer said young people need to be detained if they are a danger to the community. "I make no apologies for young people being in watch houses … we of course don't want them in those watch houses for long periods of time," Farmer told The Feed and Guardian Australia.
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