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Police ‘cannot meet’ expectations for children in custody amid Cairns watch house overcrowding (www.theguardian.com)
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Senior officer calls for help providing basic necessities to juvenile inmates, including food and toilet paper

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[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone -4 points 9 months ago (8 children)

“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.

[–] LineNoise@kbin.social 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Incarcerating children increases rates of offending.

[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago

Well we could start by not repeating the same behaviours that have clearly not been working for the last 100 years?

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