Eoin Mac Giolla Ri in a separate case last month said children could be exposed to ‘drunk, abusive, psychotic’ detainees
A Queensland magistrate has granted bail to a teenage girl over concerns she may end up in a watch house with adults.A Queensland magistrate has granted bail to a teenage girl over concerns she may end up in a watch house with adults.Queensland
magistrate who previously raised concerns about children being held in “harsh” conditions in adult watch houses has granted bail to a teenage girl after saying he was “conscious” that she may otherwise end up in one. Mount Isa magistrate Eoin Mac Giolla Ri last week said the 15-year-old girl would probably be held for an “extended” period in a watch house if bail was refused, as all three of the state’s youth detention centres were at capacity. Bail was initially refused for the girl on Friday, and the matter adjourned until Monday, in the hope that the parties could find a solution as to her placement. She was subsequently granted bail on Monday.
It came after Mac Giolla Ri, in a separate case last month, expressed concern about children being held in watch houses where “adult detainees are often drunk, abusive, psychotic or suicidal”. As pressure mounts on the Palaszczuk government to address the conditions faced by youth detainees, Queensland police revealed that 25 children have been held in watch houses for more than three weeks since the start of the year.
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