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Queensland - Archival Series

Isolation Register (1993 - 1994)

Westbrook Youth Detention Centre

From
21 November 1993
To
13 June 1994
Website
http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/SeriesDetails.aspx?SeriesId=996
Reference No
996
Legal Status
Queensland State Archives Series ID

The Isolation Registers, Series ID 996, relate to the Westbrook Youth Detention Centre. They contain a record of boys who underwent solitary confinement or isolation time as punishment for misdemeanours committed while at the Westbrook Youth Detention Centre.

Details

Access Conditions

Access to some of these records is restricted to protect personal privacy

Records

[Taken from the Queensland State Archives web site]
This series provides a record of boys who underwent solitary confinement or isolation time as punishment for misdemeanours committed while at the Westbrook detention centre. Details recorded include date, time (start of punishment time), name of the boy, type of isolation (eg. In cell, yard, sent to bed, etc.), signature of the staff member supervising, time released, and whether an incident report had been made (yes or no). Later entries include a brief description of the offence or misdemeanour in the last field.

Prepared by: Lee Butterworth