LNP leader launches Queensland election campaign with promise of mandatory isolation for child offenders

David Crisafulli pledges minimum isolation periods for youths who commit assaults in detention, despite evidence of dangers of solitary confinement

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The Liberal National party leader, David Crisafulli, has promised to introduce “mandatory isolation periods” for children who assault workers in youth detention, as the Queensland opposition formally launched its state election campaign on Sunday.

Speaking to a crowd of LNP candidates and party faithful in Ipswich, Crisafulli focused much of his remarks on what he has dubbed the state’s “youth crime crisis”.

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