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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

Children in Queensland detention centre missing out on ‘meaningful rehabilitation’ due to staff shortages

A photo of a Queensland police car and crime scene tape
Children at Queensland’s Cleveland detention centre can be confined to cells for up to 23 hours a day due to insufficient staffing. Photograph: Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images

Significant staff shortages have caused more than 30% of children at Cleveland detention centre to go without “meaningful rehabilitation” for up to 10 days at a time, a Queensland parliamentary committee has heard.

The youth justice reform select committee was told on Thursday that dwindling staff numbers were a “major factor” behind youth crime and recidivism in the state.

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