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

Dwindling youth justice staff numbers ‘major factor’ driving crime and repeat offending, state parliamentary committee told

The Guardian - AU · Nov 23, 2023

Nearly one in three children on Queensland’s serious repeat offender list under protection order

Government urged to do more to support young people in residential care to ‘break the cycle of offending’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 15, 2023

Queensland promises child remand centre in Brisbane amid ‘Band-Aid solution’ criticism

Annastacia Palaszczuk says the 50-bed youth remand centre in Wacol is expected to open in 2024

The Guardian - AU · Oct 5, 2023

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Queensland to create watch house for children amid fears of looming ‘human rights disaster’

Exclusive: Recently built Caboolture watch house, north of Brisbane, expected to be converted to child-specific facility by October

The Guardian - AU · Sep 7, 2023

Queensland failing children in residential care as key provider shuts its doors, peak body says

‘These kids have already been let down by all of the adults in their lives,’ Youth Advocacy Centre says

The Guardian - AU · Jul 5, 2023

‘A crime not to go home’: 24-hour curfews forcing Queensland children to live with violent offenders

An increasing number of young people have been made subject to harsh restrictions as part of their bail conditions

The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2023

Innocent Queensland children pleading guilty to avoid harsh bail laws, lawyers say

Many children on remand who may be exonerated or not sentenced are pleading guilty to escape long periods of detention

The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2023

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Queensland police's new youth crime documentary may show officers violating police manual rules, advocate says

In a new half-hour film designed to show the challenges of policing youth offenders, more than 20 shots of children appear in handcuffs. Critics say using this level of force is excessive.

ABC News · May 23, 2023

Advocates oppose Queensland police power to treat children worse than adults over drug offences

Parliamentary inquiry hears concerns over power that would allow police to charge children with drug offences but would let adults off with a warning

The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2023

Scrutiny of youth justice laws 'cements Queensland as a backwater', youth advocate and lawyer Katherine Hayes says

Youth Advocacy Centre CEO Katherine Hayes' comments came after a parliamentary committee released a report recommending the Palaszczuk Government's proposed youth justice law changes be passed.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

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