Children have been kept in isolation for more than 70 days in Queensland’s Cleveland detention centre, report finds
by Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6Q8ZC)
Some held overnight in tiny concrete rooms with no running water or toilet, Inspector of Detention Services says
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Children held at north Queensland's troubled Cleveland youth detention centre have been placed in isolation for more than 70 days straight, and held overnight in tiny concrete rooms with no running water or toilet, a new report has found.
The state's Inspector of Detention Services has handed the state government its latest report, which focuses on the use of separation" - locking children in solitary confinement or isolation - due to staffing shortages.
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