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Children in Covid-hit Brisbane youth prison must be released immediately, advocates say – The Guardian
Centre is like an aged care facility but worse, says advocate Debbie Kilroy who is preparing bail applications for detainees
Advocates for children inside a Brisbane youth detention centre are preparing a series of bail applications seeking their immediate release, as the number of coronavirus cases linked to the compound reaches double figures.
On Monday, Queensland authorities said they had detected one additional case of Covid-19, which was linked to a worker from the youth detention centre at Wacol.
Five workers at the centre are among those to test positive. The other cases are understood to be close contacts o…
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