Queensland’s approach to locking up children and teenagers is at odds with the number of its permanently funded youth detention beds, with the state coming closer than any other to overfilling its centres last financial year. Read more here:
Queensland’s approach to locking up children and teenagers is at odds with the number of its permanently funded youth detention beds, with the state coming closer than any other to overfilling its centres last financial year.
A still from CCTV footage of a young person being held on the ground in a Queensland youth detention centre, contained in a report. This resulted in a centre utilisation rate of 95.5 per cent, up from 84.8 per cent in the previous financial year and the highest since 2018-19 when 17-year-olds were shifted from the adult to youth justice system.
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