Exclusive: Twice in two years police intervention thwarted attempts to rehabilitate young serial offender
He was arrested by police on an old charge, which dated prior to his release from Cleveland, and held on remand at the police watch house. A youth worker involved in the relocation plan said they believed the charge was a “pretext” to prevent Ricky’s relocation, because police would have had ample prior opportunity to pursue it.Photograph: Queensland Government
Ricky was remanded at the watch house until his father could find alternative accommodation. They spent a couple of days at a caravan park, which police visited several times a day to conduct “checks”, before giving up and returning to Cairns.Communities feel ‘set upon’, ‘targeted’ Pryor, a respected elder in the Townsville community, said there were clear differences in the way First Nations people were policed. She said there was “one law for this side, and one law for that side”.
In a statement, the QPS said “intervention and rehabilitation for young offenders are crucial in breaking the cycle of crime and delivering long-term change”.
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