Youth crime problems in Townsville with Qld Police recently deploying a chopper under Taskforce Guardian. The Qld LNP wants kids prosecuted as adults & KAP wants castle law. Social workers say detention doesn't address the causes of their behaviour. #qldpolwww.abc.net.au/news/2024-08...

Youth crime in spotlight as Queensland heads towards an election

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#jailingisfailing

The justice reform initiative has proven, with decades of data and evidence, that these chest beating "tough on crime" approaches result in net harm to society and the children they're so eager to put in cages.