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Queensland Government to consider GPS tracking devices for juveniles on bail in bid to tackle youth crime
Acting Premier Steven Miles says the Queensland Government will consider the use of GPS tracking devices for juveniles on bail, as debate continues on ways to tackle youth crime.
Key points:
Trackers were recommended as an alternative to detention in a 2018 report on youth justice by Bob Atkinson but the recommendation was never adopted.
It was suggested the Government examine the use of electronic monitoring, together with community or home detention, as an alternative to placing juveniles in a youth detention centre.
Mr Miles said he would support the use of GPS tracking devices if…
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