372-04 Changes to how under 18 year olds are imprisoned

Eligibility - Residents of the State of Queensland
Principal Petitioner:
M Graves
PO Box 10012
Mount Pleasant
MACKAY QLD 4740
Total Signatures - 164
Sponsoring Member: Timothy Mulherin MP
Posting Date: 29/09/2004
Tabled Date: 29/09/2004
Referred to: Referred Minister on 01/10/2004
Responded By: Hon Warren Pitt MP on 08/11/2004
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

We, the undersigned, ask that changes be made to the present practice of imprisoning young people under 18 years of age in prisons with adult offenders.

We believe that because under 18's do not have the privileges of adults they should not be treated in the same manner as adult offenders. We also believe that this practice contravenes the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.