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.
Yes agree jail them all 6 months
He would since it keeps the money rolling in for him ay... police have no place in making policy
well they e gotten away with bad behaviour so far so time to reach the lesson before it’s too late, no more slaps on the wrist - not at kindy anymore
This person wouldn't know her arse from her elbows .The ABC is basically trash tier journalism at this point .
Army
Wrong!! National Service. ✅✅✅
12 mths National service combined with social training must be re-introduced to save these children's lives. A massive hit to the economy, so what.
Disagree. Their parents should intervene first. If the parents find that they can't intervene, then maybe they should try being better parents.
Wrong. The rattan works perfectly. 4, 8, or 12 strokes of the rattan delivers a pain so unforgettable that even the dumbest of criminals never reoffends. It’s tested and proven successful in Singapore. Their reoffending rate is 1.45%. Ours is 67%.
It’s simply a “breakfast club” where they all wear badges of opposing the system. You ought be placing them in military training
Doesn’t seem to be working so far does it? My solution would be to create numerous “ boot camps” run by ex military . Teach them respect, boundaries and keep them working hard and exercising so that they are knackered but feel good that they are achieving something.
Such bs They need to have programs in place so they don't end up there
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Bloodthirsty QLDers show always their true face. Punishment is the only solution they can only propose. And then don't tell me that Australian culture is not still influenced by the penal colony past.
Pretty simple in my books, if you don't do the crime you wont do the time. Enough said!
If you wake up in the middle of the night and find a kid in your house rummaging through your valuables looking for your car keys, consider giving them a hug, handing them the keys and don't call cops. The poor little buggers have had such a tough life and prison isn't very fun.
This is not the way. Take the youngsters to the many-purpose camps far away from the major centers and confiscate their phones. And put the parents of the offending youngsters in the watch houses, to teach them lessons the hard way.
Where are the parents? It’s their responsibility.
Every kid and every older repeat offender should be routinely tested for fatal alcohol syndrome. At least then, the authorities have a better idea of what they are dealing with.
If they did the right thing they wouldn’t end up in detention would they.. pretty simple really.
Yes. Kids aren’t stupid. Tell them it’s ok to thieve etc until their 14 with no consequences, they’ll run amok and be exploited till that age.
Until someone can propose a better solution, it's the only option to ensure the safety of the victims and the broader community.
Execution of repeat offenders no matter what age... Zero tolerance and the problem will be over very quickly.
2/2 they are beyond that early intervention program, they need more training and so forth which is in the detention centres, that's what has to happen,' he said. So if it's not going to work how is sending them to juvie going to fix it? A good old fashioned flogging might work
1/2 'You do have a cohort of young offender that is out there now that an early intervention program is not going to work.
For God sake, give them something positive to look forward to in their lives and living standard; and it will help solve some of these problem's. Genuine recognition is is start but far from enough.
The parents of juvenile defenders should be held accountable.
I would suggest a military style boot camp.
Can we have some stats on the racial identity of these offenders since race is everything in a ALP world.
At least they are doing something now 6 months ago, spoke to cop at bunnings, who said they knew offenders by name but released them every time due to lack of capacity It took a murder for premier to act
In an attempt to protect Corruption, we are willing to MURDER Australian Children. Because its inconvenient to those who are Corrupt who should know better. You dont need to be Einstein to know tommorrows kids are the future. Australia has none at this point.
Australia is corrupt... at every level... up to Government. We are so corrupt... we now have Foreign Entities picking us apart like the next Greece.
Perhaps Qld should set up houses with signage: You don't need to comit crime to get free healthcare, food and play Xbox, you can walk in here now.
Your passing todays problems over to tommorrow. Kicking the can. Nothing more. Your going to see increased suicide rates so effectively, we are protecting corruption while murdering off tommorrows Australians. This feeds into the Immigrant Lobbys who want Australians to die.
It is vital that the victims of youth crime have their perspective taken into account. It is soul destroying to see youth criminals back on the streets day after day committing serious crimes. Revolving door justice serves no purpose. auspol
But not a justice system that keeps putting these criminals back on the streets to re-offend creating more victims of crime. No matter what colour your skin is do the crime you must do the time. AnnastaciaMP MarkRyanQLD 9NewsAUS 7NewsBrisbane 7NewsTownsville 9NewsGoldCoast
If the juveniles are on the street, they will re-offend. So obviously, keeping them locked up and of the streets keeps people and their stuff safe. When someone comes up with a better solution that works, who knows, maybe we can close most of our jails down.
Military Boot Camp / Boarding school. Run by people who will not take any crap. If that fails - they go to detention.
He would say that
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