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Youth Detention Policies and Procedures

The policy statements and operational procedures provide a framework for the youth detention centres to operate within a practice environment. Policy statements and operational procedures are updated accordingly to reflect, current practice within the youth detention centres and alignment with youth justice frameworks, including the Youth Justice Services Practice Manual, Youth Justice Quality Assurance Framework and Youth Justice Intervention Framework.

DescriptionPolicyProcedure

Accessing Services
Accessing Services - Censorship (YDC-004-01) Policy (DOC, 319 KB) Policy (RTF, 95 KB)

Accessing Services - Community Contact (YDC-012-02)

 

Accessing Services - Community Contact - Attachment 1

Policy (DOC, 332 KB) Policy (RTF, 132 KB)

Accessing Services - Criminal History Checks of Visitors (YDC-038-02)

Accessing Services - Criminal History Checks of Visitors - Attachment 1

Policy (DOC, 253 KB) Policy (RTF, 87 KB)
Accessing Services - Food and laundry services (YDC-006-01) Policy (DOC, 316 KB) Policy (RTF, 88 KB)
Accessing Services - Medical certificates and clearances (YDC-005-01) Policy (DOC, 318 KB) Policy (RTF, 88 KB)
Accessing Services - Pocket money and trust accounts (YDC002-01) Policy (DOC, 322 KB) Policy (RTF, 101 KB)
Accessing Services - Complaints management (YDO-010-01)

Policy (DOC, 333 KB) Policy (RTF, 131 KB)

Care and Management
Care and Management of detained young people - complaints by detained young people (74-3)

Policy

Case Management

Case Management - Behaviour Development (YDC-009-01)

Case Management - Behaviour Development - Attachment 1

Case Management - Behaviour Development - Attachment 2

Policy (DOC, 329 KB) Policy (RTF, 122 KB)
Case Management - Case management framework (YDC-011-01) Policy (DOC, 332 KB) Policy (RTF, 131 KB)
Case Management - Contraceptive devices (YDC-001-01) Policy (DOC, 313 KB) Policy (RTF, 76 KB)
Case Management - Cultural and religious needs (YDC-039-01) Policy (DOC, 316 KB) Policy (RTF, 80 KB)
Case Management - Hunger strikes (YDC-035-01) Policy (DOC, 322 KB) Policy (RTF, 98 KB)
Case Management - Identifying and reporting harm (YDC-016-01) Policy (DOC, 320 KB) Policy (RTF, 100 KB)
Case Management - Restorative justice and practice (YDC-042-01) Policy (DOC, 318 KB) Policy (RTF, 84 KB)
Case Management - Special health needs (YDC-043-01) Policy (DOC, 314 KB) Policy (RTF, 75 KB)
Case Management - Facilitating court audio visual links (YDC-044-02)

Policy (DOC, 234 KB) Policy (RTF, 56 KB)

Safety and Security

Safety and Security - Admission to a youth detention centre (YDC-008-01)

Safety and Security - Admission to a youth detention centre - Attachment 1

Safety and Security - Admission to a youth detention centre - Attachment 2

Policy (DOC, 332 KB) Policy (RTF, 133 KB)
Safety and Security - Contingency for death of a young person (YDC-022-01) Policy (DOC, 320 KB) Policy (RTF, 98 KB)

Safety and Security - Contingency planning and testing (YDC-023-01)

Safety and Security - Contingency planning and testing - Attachment 1

Policy (DOC, 315 KB) Policy (RTF, 55 KB)
Safety and Security - Counts and checks of young people (YDC-037-01) Restricted Policy

Safety and Security - Emergency command posts (YDC-026-01)

Safety and Security - Emergency command posts - Attachment 1

Restricted Policy
Safety and Security - Emergency management (YDC-032-01) Restricted Policy
Emergency Management - Natural Disaster - Code Aqua - Attachment 1 Restricted Policy
Emergency Management - Riot - Code Black - Attachment 2 Restricted Policy
Emergency Management - Medical Emergency - Code Blue - Attachment 3 Restricted Policy
Emergency Management - Hostage - Code Brown - Attachment 4 Restricted Policy
Emergency Management - Escape from Centre - Code Green - Attachment 5 Restricted Policy
Emergency Management - Young Person on Roof - Code Olive - Attachment 6 Restricted Policy
Emergency Management - Bomb Threat - Code Orange - Attachment 7 Restricted Policy
Emergency Management - Self Harm - Hanging - Code Pink - Attachment 8 Restricted Policy
Emergency Management - Breach of Perimeter Integrity - Code Purple - Attachment 9 Restricted Policy
Emergency Management - Fire - Code Red - Attachment 10 Restricted Policy
Emergency Management - Evacuation - Code White - Attachment 11 Restricted Policy
Emergency Management - Officer Assistance - Code Yellow - Attachment 12 Restricted Policy

Safety and Security - Emergency response equipment (YDC-033-01)

Safety and Security - Emergency response equipment - Attachment 1

 Restricted Policy

Safety and Security - Incident reporting (YDC-015-02)

Safety and Security - Internal incident reporting categories - Attachment 1

Safety and Security - Reportable incident codes and definitions - Attachment 2

Policy (DOC, 237 KB) Policy (RTF, 63 KB)
Safety and Security - Incident response (YDC-034-02) Policy (DOC, 328 KB) Policy (RTF, 116 KB)
Safety and Security - Intelligence management (YDC-027-01) Restricted Policy
Safety and Security - Key and lock control (YDC-028-01) Restricted Policy
Safety and Security - Leave of absence (YDC-021-02) Policy (DOC, 318 KB) Policy (RTF, 84 KB)
Safety and Security - Management and use of two way radio equipment (YDC-041-01) Policy (DOC, 311 KB) Policy (RTF, 70 KB)
Safety and Security - Management of medications (YDC-031-01) Policy (DOC, 315 KB) Policy (RTF, 83 KB)
Safety and Security - Mental Health Act transfers (YDC-040-01) Policy (DOC, 319 KB) Policy (RTF, 86 KB)
Safety and Security - Movement coordination (YDC-025-01) Restricted Policy
Safety and Security - Preservation of crime scenes and evidence (YDC-024-01) Policy (DOC, 315 KB) Policy (RTF, 85 KB)

Safety and Security - Release from a youth detention centre (YDC-019-01)

Safety and Security - Release from a youth detention centre - Attachment 1

Policy (DOC, 329 KB) Policy (RTF, 123 KB)

Safety and Security - Restricted, prohibited and illegal articles (YDC-029-02)

Safety and Security - Restricted, prohibtied and illegal articles - Attachment 1

Policy (DOC, 242 KB) Policy (RTF, 82 KB)

Safety and Security - Searches (YDC-030-01)

Safety and Security - Searches - Attachment 1

Safety and Security - Searches - Attachment 2

Policy (DOC, 320 KB) Policy (RTF, 95 KB)

Safety and Security - Suicide risk process (YDC-003-01)

Safety and Security - Suicide risk process - Attachment 1

Safety and Security - Suicide risk process - Attachment 2

Policy (DOC, 331 KB) Policy (RTF, 125 KB)

Safety and Security - Transfer of a young person (YDC-020-03)

Safety and Security - Transfer of a young person - Attachment 1

Safety and Sercurity - Transfer of a young person - Attachment 2

Policy (DOC, 255 KB) Policy (RTF, 125 KB)

Attachment 1 (DOC, 72 KB) Attachment 1 (RTF, 404 KB)

Attachment 2 (DOC, 72 KB) Attachment 2 (RTF, 405 KB)
Safety and Security - Use of a communicable disease as a weapon (YDC-007-01) Policy (DOC, 317 KB) Policy (RTF, 87 KB)
Safety and Security - Use of passive alert drug detection dogs (YDC-045-01) Policy (DOC, 311 KB) Policy (RTF, 69 KB)

Youth Detention - general
Innovative and Motivated Workforce - Health services to staff (YDC-036-01) Policy (DOC, 317 KB) Policy (RTF, 87 KB)
Innovative and Motivated Workforce - Shift duties and work practices (YDC-013-02) Policy (DOC, 309 KB) Policy (RTF, 63 KB)

Internal Working Relationships - Records, registers and logbooks (YDC-014-01)

Internal Working Relationships - Records, registers and logbooks - Attachment 1

Policy (DOC, 326 KB) Policy (RTF, 114 KB)
Program Development - Programs activities and services in Youth Detention Centres (YDC-018-01) Policy (DOC, 324 KB) Policy (RTF, 103 KB)
Program Development - The structured day (YDC-017-01) Policy (DOC, 320 KB) Policy (RTF, 96 KB)

Youth Detention Inspections

Inspection and Monitoring of Queensland Youth Detention Centres

 

 Policy (PDF, 74 KB) Policy (RTF, 17 KB) Procedure (PDF, 94 KB) Procedure (RTF, 25 KB)