Indigenous youth

Advocates condemn Queensland Government’s move to transition Police watch houses into prisons

Youth justice advocates have condemned the Queensland Government’s move to override the state’s Human Rights Act and transition watch houses into youth prisons.  The government recently rushed controversial new laws through parliament – within 24 hours – that allow children to be locked up in adult prisons for the next three years.  Experts and activists …

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