In the past 12 months, 100 more children have been held in Queensland watch houses than the 12 months previous, Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll says.
More children are being held in watch houses and a number are detained "for an extended period of time", Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll told ABC Radio Brisbane today.Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll says detention is sometimes the only way to break the cycle of re-offendingCommissioner Carroll said watch houses were a "temporary solution", which for some young people was "the only way" to stop them re-offending.
"You don't have the 90 per cent spend much, or if any, time in our watch houses, so we're talking about high and serious offending that we're all finding very difficult to grapple with. As of Wednesday morning there were 88 young offenders in watch houses in the state, Commissioner Carroll said. "What we try and do is get resources to come in youth justice — nurses, health — to assess those children and assist us with dealing with those children."Youth Advocacy Centre chief executive Katherine Hayes, earlier this week, said a young person with an intellectual disability had been in a watch house for more than 30 days without "any kind of support" and limited family visits.
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