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Cleveland Youth Detention Centre

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Cleveland Youth Detention Centre is a juvenile detention facility in Australia, operated by Queensland Youth Justice Department.

ABC News Jun 11, 2026 Event

Queensland youth detention staff walk off job, children locked down for entire weekend

Staff at Queensland youth detention centres walked off the job due to safety and health concerns, resulting in lockdowns at several facilities. Children at two facilities were allegedly locked down for an entire weekend due to staff shortages. The Youth Advocacy Centre is filing a human rights complaint on behalf of the affected children.

Added 2026-09-30 by the news scan from: ABC News, "Queensland youth detention staff walk off job, children locked down for entire weekend", 2026-06-11 source