Exclusive: Recently built Caboolture watch house, north of Brisbane, expected to be converted to child-specific facility by October
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The Queensland government is quietly planning to convert a suburban police watch house into a central holding block for dozens of children on remand, amid fears of a looming “human rights disaster” in the state.
Guardian Australia has discovered the recently built Caboolture watch house, north of Brisbane, is expected to be converted to a child-specific facility by October.
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