Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath has played down the possibility of relocation sentencing taking place in Mount Isa any time soon.
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Robbie Katter is among those calling for it in our region but Ms D'Ath said relocation sentencing has been tried in the past and all it does is shift the problem.
"Every community I go to I have magistrates tell me that if we work with the families that have youth crime we can achieve positive results," Ms D'Ath said.
"You can't just send people away and think that it's going to solve all of your problems.
"The fact is people are always moving, you can't just shift the problem, you need to fix the problem.
"What I am hearing from Mount Isa is that a lot of the youth crime is committed by people that are from other towns and not actually Mount Isa locals."
In a recent poll held by the North West Star which focused on possible solutions on youth crime, relocating sentencing came in at number one.
In the same poll, the solution of harder punishment came in at number two.
Ms D'Ath said since coming to government in 2015, they had introduced laws which had significantly increased sentencing on a whole range of areas.
"We particularly focused on on domestic and family violence as areas of concern," Ms D'Ath said.
"What ever sentence criminals receive there whether it be in prison or in detention centres, the focus should be on how their time in away is spent to make sure they don't re-offend. We have more people in our prisons then ever.
"In the end the fact is you can't make a general statement without looking at the individual statement."
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