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prisoners of the opposite sex, which led to incidents in which adult prisoners exposed themselves to children and engaged in sexually inappropriate behaviour. Marshall claimed that prisoners were routinely denied clothing, toilet paper and other amenities by watch house supervisors, and that witnesses were intimidated into not pressing charges against individuals who assaulted them. The allegations also included reports of watch house officers wrapping towels around the heads of detainees as unauthorized
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Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Queensland Police Service Responses to Domestic and Family Violence. The commission heard testimony and evidence of widespread harassment and sexual assault directed at female members of the police service. It also
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found that police responses to incidents of domestic violence were lacking. The inquiry's final report stated that "the commission has found clear evidence of a culture where attitudes of misogyny, sexism and racism."
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to juvenile offenders. Marshall claimed that the youth crime bill would place strain on the detention centers and cause "chaos" at watch houses which were not equipped to handle an increase in numbers of detainees.
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behaviour in the recordings and praised
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