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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Smee

More than 60% of staff at Queensland detention centre quit amid record influx of young people

illustration of figure in jail cell
By mid-last year about one in five roles at Queensland’s Cleveland youth detention centre were vacant. Illustration: Ben Sanders/The Guardian

More than 60% of the workforce at the troubled Cleveland youth detention centre in north Queensland quit during the past three years, data obtained by Guardian Australia shows.

The figures supplied by the youth justice department show total staff numbers at the detention centre have declined since mid-2020, about the same time the state enacted laws designed to lock up more children.

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