Queensland Tops Australia for Highest Rate of Youth Re-Offending

Former premier says criminal justice system in "terminal decline."

Supplied undated image obtained on Feb. 6, 2018 of staff escorting prisoners, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners, through Lotus Glen Correctional Centre in northern Queensland. AAP Image/Human Rights Watch, Daniel Soekov

Queensland has topped the country as the state with the highest rate of repeat offenders within 12 months, according to new data released on Jan. 24.

The report, from the Productivity Commission, comes as authorities grapple with a youth crime wave that has swept up Queensland and the central Australian town of Alice Springs.