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Amnesty extremely concerned over potential human rights abuses with children being held in solitary confinement due to COVID

A grey concrete building with guard tower, seen through razor wire fencing.

Responding to reports that children are being held in solitary confinement or moved to a Queensland watch house following a staff member testing positive for COVID-19, Amnesty International Australia campaigner, Joel Clark said: “Moving children, many of whom are on remand and haven’t been convicted of any crime, to adult watch houses is totally inappropriate …

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Good News: Queensland to better protect kids in the justice system

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After thousands of human rights supporters spoke out, the Queensland Parliament has now reformed the Youth Justice Act to ensure that children spend as little time as possible in detention centres and harmful police watch houses. On 22 August Queensland’s Parliament debated and passed Youth Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019. In passing the …

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