The Cleveland Youth Detention Centre is a youth detention center at Belgian Gardens in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is the only youth detention centre in regional Queensland. [1] It has a capacity of 110 children. [2] The Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services is responsible for the centre. The detention centre was established in 1980.
Each cell contains a bed, toilet, shower, desk and a shelf. [3] Bedding and toiletries are supplied. [3] Each child is given breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. [3] Phone calls of up to 10 minutes at a time totaling 120 minutes of call time each week are permitted. [3]
Children are assigned a caseworker. Youth detention centres in Queensland have an education and training centre, which detainees are required to participate in five days a week. [3] The centre has experienced chronic staff shortages which has led to the use of solitary confinement. [4]
In 2019, 12 new beds were added to the centre. [5]
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