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End Youth Detention in Police Cells, Urges Commissioner
9/7/2025
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Story summary
- The Children's Commissioner urges an end to youth detention in police cells, noting over 4,000 cases last year.
- Police Minister Mark Mitchell revealed the longest youth detention lasted eight nights.
- Concerns grow over mental health risks for children in adult facilities.
- A federal judge found mandatory detention under the Laken Riley Act unconstitutional.
- The State will compensate a mother for her son's wrongful detention in 2019.
