About youth detention

Information about youth detention, including how to contact a young person in detention.

Find out about visiting a young person while they are in detention.

Learn about what it means to be on remand in a youth detention centre and what your child will do in the centre.

Find out what it means when your child is separated in a youth detention centre, and for what reasons it can happen.

Find out when a young person is transferred from a youth detention centre to an adult prison.

Find out about our principles and approach to youth detention in Queensland.

Find out what happens if your child goes to the Wacol Youth Remand Centre and how to visit them.