Queensland LNP Launches Campaign Promising Isolation for Some Youth Offenders

Queensland Liberal National Party (LNP) Leader David Crisafulli has kicked off its campaign to unseat the Labor government of Premier Steven Miles by announcing a policy of mandatory solitary confinement for any young offender who assaults workers in youth detention despite research indicating this increases reoffending rates. The party’s campaign launch was heavily focused on what Crisafulli claimed was the state’s “youth crime crisis.” Labor has made similar claims, despite statistics showing that overall offences committed by young people have been trending downwards since 2010. The opposition leader was introduced by Cindy Micallef, the daughter of stabbing victim Vyleen White, who was allegedly killed by a teenage boy in a shopping centre in Brisbane’s west....