Annastacia Palaszczuk says the 50-bed youth remand centre in Wacol is expected to open in 2024
Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the youth remand centre on the outskirts of Brisbane would ensure ‘young people have a place to go’ while awaiting trial.Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the youth remand centre on the outskirts of Brisbane would ensure ‘young people have a place to go’ while awaiting trial.government plan to build a remand centre for children has been denounced as another “reactive Band-Aid solution” by those working in the sector.
But the chief executive of the Youth Advocacy Centre, Katherine Hayes, said the underlying causes of youth crime needed to be addressed or the cycle would continue.“We’re concerned about the ongoing Band-Aid solutions because there’s no coherent approach to prevention and rehabilitation – it’s just this reactive response,” she told Guardian Australia.
“Another reason why the watch houses are filling up because of the over-policing of the young people. We’re aware of a number of cases that are thrown out by magistrates because [children] should have been cautioned rather than arrested,” she said. “[It’s] difficult to be pleased a week out from the referendum that Queensland is locking up way more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island children up than any other state,” she said.
“The government’s announcement today is acknowledgment of this,” she said. “As a society, we must address the root causes of problematic behaviour as quickly and as comprehensively as possible.”
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