Inspector of Custodial Services Eamon Ryan warned care needed to be improved for the other youth detainees in the unit at Perth’s maximum-security adult men’s prison.
We need respectable bedrooms for our neediest children,not grotesque stir-crazy jail cells,or we risk the next generation being even worse off than the current.
Premier Roger Cook said Corrective Services did not have enough resources. “We’re hamstrung by infrastructure. We’re hamstrung by availability of staff,” he said following the tragic death of the teenager in custody.
A judge has taken a swipe at Queensland government agencies for their management of an intellectually disabled Indigenous boy.
The Aboriginal prisoner has been rushed to hospital after he was found unconscious last night in the Unit 18 youth wing of Casuarina Prison.
When senior state government officials gathered to announce up to $250 million for a new fast-tracked temporary youth prison last week,key figures remained unsaid.
The site will be built near existing detention centres to address nation-leading capacity pressures. But it’s been called a “Band-Aid solution”.
Then-premier Mark McGowan took a hardline stance against detainees involved in riots at the facility. A scathing assessment in a royal commission report will increase pressure for a softer approach.
As the government gears up to carve off a new south-east Queensland police station as temporary youth detention,a 2019 promise takes on new weight.
The group is the state government’s initial response to calls from protesters last month amid debate on how to tackle crime.
Gangs of teenagers are breaking into houses,taking car keys and selling the stolen vehicles. A police strike force has been given special resources to target the thieves.