Queensland children may be pleading guilty to crimes they didn’t commit to avoid bail laws, report says

Police minister Mark Ryan says nation-leading incarceration rates reflect what the community wants

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Queensland children could be pleading guilty to offences they didn't commit, a new report suggests, with the state's police minister saying its nation-leading rates of youth incarceration reflect the community's expectation".

The comments from Mark Ryan came after he released an eight-month-old report, assessing new bail laws designed to enable the Palaszczuk government's crackdown on youth crime", late on Tuesday night.

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