Staff at youth detention centres across North Queensland and the south-east have taken part in a strike prompted by safety and health concerns. The action comes after children at two facilities in ...

The Queensland premier has dismissed concerns about the capacity of youth detention centres to house juvenile offenders who are jailed for breaching their bail.

A class action lawsuit is being prepared against the state of Queensland and the Department of Youth Justice over the treatment of juveniles at youth detention centres. This week legal firm Levitt ...

The Queensland Government’s decision to expand its Adult Crime, Adult Time laws with a new “Breach Bail, Go to Jail” offence ignores decades of evidence showing that locking up more children does not ...

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has used his party's annual convention to announce new extensions to his signature tough-on-crime laws.

Youth detention centres can cope with an influx of offenders under “breach bail, go to jail” laws, Premier David Crisafulli says – despite having little detail about how the policy will work.

The premier says the period of mandatory imprisonment that would be imposed would be shaped by community consultation.

One of the teenagers involved in a group escape from the Ashley Youth Detention Centre in December is sentenced for his involvement in the armed robbery of two tourists.  The Tasmanian government says ...