Published: July 23, 2019
Minors as young as 10 detained in hugely disproportionate numbers, FoI data shows
A large majority of more than 3,000 children detained in Queensland police watch houses last year were Indigenous, data released under freedom of information laws shows.
The Queensland government has been under pressure to end the practice of keeping children in police custody for extended periods, the result of overcrowding in the state’s youth detention system.
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