Exclusive: First Nations teenager spent 22 consecutive days isolated after being remanded on minor offences
and heighten human rights concerns in a youth justice system already showing signs of buckling.Youth detention centres are already at capacity and large numbers of children – at one point, more than 80 – are being warehoused in adult police watch houses. The Cleveland youth detention centre has also been subject to chronic staff shortages, resulting in prolonged “blackout” periods where children are not allowed to leave their cells.
In the case of the 13-year-old boy, he was initially arrested in October 2022 in relation to a fight with another boy. But despite not ultimately receiving a custodial sentence, the boy spent a total of 60 days imprisoned on remand, including six days in adult watch houses at Cairns and Mareeba, and 54 days at Cleveland.
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