The judiciary has exposed how children are being treated and yet it is still blamed for the recidivism that occurs as a result
ueensland has set new records for child imprisonment. More kids than ever before are in the state’s youth detention system, with prisons so crowded that up to 100 a night are being housed in adult police watch houses.The tired oldis littered through submissions to the Queensland government’s new youth justice laws, which experts say will result in the detention of even more children for breaching their bail.
The Palaszczuk government has made clear it listens to the voices of Facebook anti-crime protesters but not the experts Police did lodge appeals in two of the 13 cases, but neither made it to the supreme court. In one, the child pleaded guilty and was sentenced, meaning a bail application was no longer relevant. In the other case, the child was rearrested before the hearing.
Now that more children are imprisoned, prisons and watch houses have become places where basic human rights are being violated. And out in the community, recidivism rates have increased to the extent many believe there is a new crime “crisis”.But in the void of any leadership from the state – which has shown no apparent urgency to remove kids from watch houses or improve conditions in detention – some judges and magistrates have stepped up.
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