“We do have records of out-of-cell hours but a lot of the time we can’t actually,hand on heart,say they were 100 per cent accurate,” director-general Adam Tomison said.
David Crisafulli says Labor “watered down” laws after taking power in 2015 – part of the move reinstated a globally recognised idea earlier dumped by the LNP.
Treasurer Cameron Dick has tried to distance himself from Steven Miles’ heavily criticised outburst over the granting of bail to 13 young offenders.
Deputy Premier Steven Miles has been accused of undermining faith in the criminal justice system amid growing concern about his government’s approach to youth crime.
The details,laid out in a new report,come as the state prepares to build two new youth prisons despite long-standing plans to keep young people out of them.
In the face of doubling down by the government over the past three months that it was running a tight ship in youth justice,the symposium focused heavily on how the government attempted to shift the blame for disturbances at Banksia Hill onto the detainees.
The acting premier’s caucus message comes amid heightened focus on youth justice and highlights his party’s public balancing act.
Youth crime and Banksia Hill have been thrust into the spotlight again after a children’s court magistrate blasted WA Police for locking up two teenage girls following the alleged Ashfield IGA armed robbery.
Angus Beaumont was just 15 when he was stabbed to death by other teenagers in a park. Some fear youth crime,often involving children armed with knives,has become an epidemic,spilling into homes and sparking community uproar.
Guards were forced to barricade themselves in rooms after a group of adolescents set fire to buildings and threatened staff on New Year’s Eve.
While the Queensland government announced controversial changes to its youth justice strategy this week,an overarching plan is now more than a year out of date.