Force refuses to answer questions about legality of detaining children in watch houses following supreme court ruling that three must be moved urgently to youth detention
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The Queensland police service has refused to say whether it is acting lawfully by continuing to detain dozens of children in state watch houses, after the court-ordered transfer of three young people last week.
The supreme court ruled on Friday that the three children must be moved urgently from watch houses to youth detention facilities, after the Queensland government conceded they were being held unlawfully.
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