‘Expensive waste of time’: Bail houses scrapped

The State Government has today revealed the four houses will wrap up after a final external report found the accommodation for young crims was under-utilised and other options were more cost effective.The announcement comes after Youth Justice Minister Leanne Linard’s office yesterday told The Courier-Mail that an evaluation into the houses was still being considered. Ernst and Young’s second report, which was handed to government in September, found the supervised community accommodation (SCA)…



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