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Queensland concedes law imposing mandatory jail on some offenders as young as 10 breaches human rights
Source : The Guardian27 août 2026Score de confiance : 49%
State government concedes ‘breach bail, go to jail’ laws risks overcrowding in jails, while one expert warns they may lead to ‘cruel outcomes’The Queensland government’s latest law and order crackdown – subjecting some children as young as 10 to a mandatory sentence of a year behind bars – could lead to “cruel outcomes”, according to human rights lawyers.In documents tabled with the legislation on Thursday, the government conceded its laws, dubbed “breach bail, go to jail”, would breach human ri