Police ‘cannot meet’ expectations for children in custody amid Cairns watch house overcrowding

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• Marsupial@quokk.au ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The juveniles have been extremely hard to deal with and disruptive to watch house staff all DEMANDING snacks and all kinds of items,” Taylor wrote in the email.

  The fucking nerve, growing children demanding food.

  I hope those fuckers rot in there and our brave boys in blue show them what for. God bless the police!

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “When in custody in Cairns, young people are visited by organizations and government agencies to ensure their welfare needs are met,” the statement said.

  I mean, sure. We dont want 'em to die. But I’m tipping the people of Cairns who’ve suffered home invasions or cars stolen or had knives pulled on them probs don’t care if they are not getting the 5 star treatment. You get fed, you can go to the bathroom and you get limited exercise: That should be absolutely it. Dont like it? Maybe dont break the fucking law over and over again.

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  • Nonameuser678@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Human rights apply to everyone regardless of whether they engage in crime.

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    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Of course they do! Do you not see my comment saying fed bathroom and exercise? No one is disagreeing with that. But the situation isnt getting any better, so what do we do here? you either need to have government overstep into peoples lives to ensure these kids are raised properly (Which of course, isn’t palatable) or you make consequences actually stick (which no one seems to want either). So what, we stay the course? Accept its cool for teenagers to break into peoples homes at 3am, steal a car and go joy riding? Someone’s gonna get killed. Hell, someone just was in victoria!

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  • LineNoise@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Incarcerating children increases rates of offending.

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    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So whats your solution? I’m not up in cairns, but by all reports these are repeat offenders. This keeps happening, so what do we do here cause people are suffering and its not getting better.

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  • abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A night in a cell can help an adult - it’s a real wakeup call and a forced opportunity to sit and think about what you just did. These are often Teenagers. It should be exactly the same thing. If its not teaching a lesson we need to figure out how to make it a lesson. All the counseling in the would and gonna help an offender whos parents dont give a stuff and they just wanna watch the world burn.

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• autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is the best summary I could come up with:

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  The Queensland government last year suspended the state’s Human Rights Act to allow the indefinite detention of children in adult police holding cells.

  But conditions in the Cairns watch house have deteriorated in recent weeks, Guardian Australia understands, partly due to an influx of adults in custody.

  “The juveniles have been extremely hard to deal with and disruptive to watch house staff all DEMANDING snacks and all kinds of items,” Taylor wrote in the email.

  “Today alone over a two-hour period we had over 10 fresh arrests, with court running and having to also do fingerprints and release persons whilst also assisting external agencies.

  “When in custody in Cairns, young people are visited by organisations and government agencies to ensure their welfare needs are met,” the statement said.

  Guardian Australia understands the Cairns watch house is poorly equipped to accommodate large numbers of young people.

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