Use of solitary confinement due to chronic staffing shortages at Cleveland detention centre has detrimental effect on children, advocates say
More than 60% of the workforce at the troubled Cleveland youth detention centre in north Queensland quit during the past three years, data obtained by Guardian Australia shows.
The figures supplied by the youth justice department show total staff numbers at the detention centre have declined since mid-2020, about the same time the state enacted laws designed to lock up more children.
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