Young people formerly held in police watch houses claim their human rights were breached

Katie Acheson is speaking out because she is worried about the harm caused by extended custody in a watch house."I had a young female recently, she was 16 and she was in the watch house," she said.

Five nights a week, they check on their safety and offer them a lift home before there's any trouble.Pita Taimani's outreach team is focused on keeping at-risk youth out of police custody. The complaints sent to Queensland Police and the Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs last year expressed concerns about whether "systemic capacity issues in youth detention centres" are leading to young people being in extended custody in watch houses.

"The QPS Watchhouse environment is not suitable for children and young people's safety and wellbeing," one complaint reads.

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