Queensland’s youth justice strategy will expire before it’s replaced

Queensland’s youth justice strategy will expire before it’s replaced

Last December,amid criticism for several “knee-jerk” responses,Brisbane Times was told the plan would be “published soon”. It’s now expected in early 2024.

  • byMatt Dennien

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‘I found it unimaginable’:Decision to bar Cleveland Dodd’s father from funeral scarred family
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Perth

‘I found it unimaginable’:Decision to bar Cleveland Dodd’s father from funeral scarred family

The funeral of Cleveland Dodd,who died after self-harming while in custody inside a WA prison,will begin in a matter of hours after Corrective Services,WA Police and his family reached an eleventh-hour agreement to allow his incarcerated father to attend.

  • byJesinta Burton
Unit 18 to remain open for years as Cleveland Dodd’s family prepare for his burial

Unit 18 to remain open for years as Cleveland Dodd’s family prepare for his burial

The day before Cleveland is to be laid to rest in Meekatharra the state government announced a $1 million business case for a new facility would be completed before the May 2024 budget.

  • byHamish Hastie
A class action alleging racist child removals could have wider ripples
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Government

A class action alleging racist child removals could have wider ripples

The significant,but quiet,development in Queensland this month will be felt well beyond the two traumatic and personal stories driving it.

  • byMatt Dennien
‘Folded up’ in Banksia Hill,then released with no support. Where to from here?
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Banksia Hill

‘Folded up’ in Banksia Hill,then released with no support. Where to from here?

The mother of a teenager shown on Four Corners being hog-tied in a men’s prison fears for his safety as she watches him locked in a cycle of crime and self-harm.

  • byHamish Hastie
‘Strong evidence’ drug use is helping to drive serious youth crime

‘Strong evidence’ drug use is helping to drive serious youth crime

Increased drug use and housing issues in Qld could be driving a rise in the seriousness of some offending,government data shows.

  • byMatt Dennien
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Another youth self-harms at Perth’s ‘Unit 18’

Another youth self-harms at Perth’s ‘Unit 18’

The incident occurred on the same day as the release of a shocking interim report into the actions of staff in the lead up to Cleveland Dodd’s suicide.

  • byMichael Genovese
‘A train wreck’:Opposition slams Unit 18 report,calls for facility to close

‘A train wreck’:Opposition slams Unit 18 report,calls for facility to close

The damning findings about Cleveland Dodd’s final conscious moments showed a punitive,counterproductive system,not a rehabilitative one,the opposition says.

  • byHolly Thompson
Staff were watching movies when teenager self-harmed in WA youth detention cell

Staff were watching movies when teenager self-harmed in WA youth detention cell

A damning internal report reveals Cleveland Dodd’s final conversations with prison staff before taking his own life.

  • byJesinta Burton andHolly Thompson
Papalia defends support of Unit 18 guards after self-harm that led to death

Papalia defends support of Unit 18 guards after self-harm that led to death

The minister continued to praise prison staff on Tuesday after reports contradicting his early versions of events after Cleveland told guards of his intentions.

  • byHamish Hastie
Queensland to ban sale of knives and gel blasters to kids

Queensland to ban sale of knives and gel blasters to kids

The proposed laws mark the first restrictions on gel blaster sales in a state previously reluctant to regulate them,amid efforts to manage youth offending.

  • byMatt Dennien