August 23, 2026 — 3:00pm

Save

You have reached your maximum number of saved items.

Remove items from your saved list to add more.

A A A

Detention centres will need thousands more beds to accommodate offenders returned to jail under the Crisafulli government’s proposed breach bail laws, new data has shown, as the LNP dismissed concerns the change will push Queensland’s already stretched prison system to breaking point.

Data released on Sunday showed more than 6000 Queenslanders – 5248 adults and 859 children – would have been sent to prison in the last 12 months for committing serious crimes while on bail if the government’s breach bail laws were…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU