[2] During the period from August 1998 through May 1999, the commission conducted intensive inquiries into the current and past administration of various orphanages, reformatories, and detention centres for wayward children maintained in Queensland.
[citation needed] Some of the commission's findings remained sealed after publication of the report, as these referred to matters that were still under litigation or criminal prosecution as of May 1999.
[3] In handing the 380–page report to the Minister in May 1999, the commissioners noted that: The Inquiry Commission issued 42 separate recommendations for changes in government policy, in addition to implementing funding and staff to ensure that these changes were made.
[8] Follow-up reports have verified that substantial progress has been made towards righting decades of incompetence, cruelty and malfeasance.
[citation needed] After the commission handed its report to the Government, several youth institutions were decommissioned and closed, and several administrators were prosecuted for crimes against their young charges.