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More children in Queensland watch houses, but most for 'extraordinarily serious' offences, police commissioner says

More children are being held in watch houses and a number are detained "for an extended period of time", Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll told ABC Radio Brisbane today.

Commissioner Carroll said watch houses were a "temporary solution", which for some young people was "the only way" to stop them re-offending. 

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