Guards at Queensland youth detention centres walk off job due to ‘unsafe’ staff shortages
by Ben Smee from World news | The Guardian on (#6CR8N)
Workers say children being kept in lockdown 80% of the time, with one prison short-staffed for 359 of 365 days last year
Workers at Queensland's youth detention centres walked off the job on Thursday morning, demanding the state urgently resolve safety issues related to chronic staff shortages.
The Australian Workers Union says workers at the Brisbane and West Moreton youth detention centres met this morning after serious incidents at both prisons. The staff decided their workplace was unsafe" and resolved to withdraw their labour" until concerns were addressed by the state government.
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