00:02A massive revamp, the LNP says, could see an extra 6,000 people a year behind bars.
00:08No ifs, no buts, they will be the strongest bail laws in the country.
00:12Laws which punish bail breaches with jail time are already under consideration for young criminals.
00:18Now the Premier plans to extend them to adult offenders.
00:21What they will also receive is a mandatory minimum period as a result of a new offence which is breaching
00:27their bail.
00:27Victims' families have thrown their support behind the move.
00:31Once a life is taken, there's no fixing it. Our lives are changed forever.
00:36Cindy McAuliffe's mother, Violene White, was fatally stabbed by a teenage carjacker in broad daylight in early 2024.
00:44The LNP has released new figures showing 61% of detained youth re-offend while on bail, with nearly 40
00:50% adult crime, adult time offences.
00:53For me and my family, had there been stronger bail laws, because our offender had been out on bail three
01:00times already, my mother would still be alive.
01:04But prison officers say cells are already overcrowded, increasing the risk of riots and attacks.
01:10It's three people in a cell that is smaller than the smallest room in your house. It puts correctional officers
01:17at risk.
01:17A recent report by the Auditor General found Queensland's Department of Corrective Services doesn't do enough to rehabilitate prisoners or
01:25to help them reintegrate into society after they're released.
01:2844% of prisoners going back in within two years, that will only increase.
01:33I would rather have more criminals in a cell and less in your lounge room.
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