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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
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By Suzi Quixley for the Coalition Against Inappropriate Remand (CAIR)
Inappropriately detaining young people in custody puts community safety
at risk - repeated studies indicate that the younger a person is when
they are first detained in custody, the greater the likelihood that
they will go onto re-offend and end up in adult prison. 74% of the
young people in custody in Queensland Youth Detention Centres on 30
June 2006 were on remand - i.e. they were being held in custody before a finding of guilt had been made or before their sentence had
been finalised.
This is largely unnecessary and jeopardises both the safety of the
community and the future chances of success in life for the young
people detained.
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Friday, 25 January 2008 |
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By Wally Dethlefs
The Situation in Queensland
The majority of young people being held
in detention centres are on remand. In Queensland this was almost 75%
as of June 30, 2006. One of the reasons for this, is that young
people may be required to appear in court for a non-detainable
offence (such as stealing a Mars Bar) and due to social circumstances
(such as accommodation instability, poverty etc) they may ‘fail to
appear' in court on the date required. This failure to appear can
be a detainable offence. Imprisoning more young people on remand
places both the community and young people themselves at further
risk.
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Thursday, 15 November 2007 |
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Following from a community
forum held on 25th October 2007 discussing strategies for
reducing the number of young people on remand in Queensland Youth
Detention Centres, the first NGO working party meeting was held at
YANQ on 9th November.
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