Queensland’s Youth Safety Minister Di Farmer yesterday released the state’s first Youth Justice Strategy, which aims to cut juvenile crime by 5 per cent within two years.
The strategy involves reducing the number of young people entering detention on remand, ensuring they have the opportunity to apply for bail, and providing them with intensive community support.
The review was prompted after attempts to move 17 year olds out of adult prisons were delayed because of overcrowded youth detention centres.