The Brisbane Youth Detention Centre is a youth detention centre in Wacol, Queensland, Australia. It has a capacity of 306 children aged 10 to 18. The centre opened in 2001. The Department of Youth Justice and Victim Support is responsible for the centre.
Each cell contains a bed, toilet, shower, desk and a shelf. Bedding and toiletries are supplied. Each child is given breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Phone calls of up to 10 minutes at a time totaling 120 minutes of call time each week are permitted.
Detainees are allocated chores like cleaning but there is no hard labour. Children are assigned a caseworker. Youth detention centres in Queensland have an education and training centre, which detainees are required to participate in five days a week.
History On 30 January 2017, seven detainees were involved in a riot. They forced themselves on to the roof of an accommodation unit and caused severe damage to the centre's infrastructure as well as injuring staff.
See also
List of Australian prisons Punishment in Australia
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