A new youth prison will be built next to an existing high-security adult facility north-west of Brisbane under plans to deal with Queensland’s stretched detention capacity.
Youth Justice Minister Leanne Linard announced on Thursday that the Woodford Correctional Precinct would house one of its two new youth prisons, first reported by this mastheadThe selection of a second site near Cairns, along with work to update the government’s expired or expiringExperts and advocates have described the announcement as another step in the wrong direction to addressAfter floating the idea of the Cairns youth prison in October, with $500 million on the table, a second site for...
The Justice Reform Initiative, a multipartisan group of former premiers, judges, youth justice experts and Indigenous elders, was among the voices to condemn the development on Thursday. “Building this facility and another near Cairns will cost Queenslanders millions of dollars, but it will not make them safer,” executive director Dr Mindy Sotiri said.“There is overwhelming evidence that youth detention does not work to deter crime, to rehabilitate, or improve community safety.”
Sisters Inside chief executive Debbie Kilroy OAM said Linard’s suggestion the facility would be “homelike” was an insult. But Linard said the state needed more youth detention infrastructure “as its population continues to grow, existing infrastructure ages and tough new laws introduced by the Palaszczuk government to target young offenders take effect”.Government documents explaining the changes to bail availability and compliance noted they would increase youth detention rates after
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