John Oxley Youth Detention Centre

The John Oxley Youth Detention Centre was a youth detention center at Wacol in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It operated from 1987 to 2001. The Brisbane Youth Detention Centre was built to replace the closed Cleveland Youth Detention Centre.

The centre was central to the Carmody Inquiry into child protection.[1] The inquiry examined the Heiner Affair, which was an inquiry into the management of the John Oxley Youth Detention Centre in the late 1980s.[2] The inquiry heard allegations that children at the centre were left outside in their winter in their underwear and also handcuffed to a pool fence.[3] Management was accused of bullying and intimidation.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Madigan, Michael (3 December 2012). "Infamous Heiner affair now at forefront of $9m inquiry into child protection in Queensland". news.com.au. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  2. ^ Berry, Petrina (4 December 2012). "No child sex abuse cover-up: Qld witnesses". news.com.au. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b Madigan, Michael (24 January 2013). "Carmody Inquiry told of drugs-for-favours claims about John Oxley Youth Detention Centre". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 2 November 2023.


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